Organ

See also: organ, orgán, and òrgan

English

Etymology

From organ, a metonymic occupational surname for a player of a musical instrument.

Proper noun

Organ (countable and uncountable, plural Organs)

  1. A surname.
  2. A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Organ is the 12696th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2431 individuals. Organ is most common among White (84.04%) and Black/African American (10.04%) individuals.

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Organ.
(Village): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Proper noun

Organ m

  1. Organ (a village in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie, France)

Proper noun

Organ m or f by sense

  1. a surname from Occitan

Derived terms
  • organais
  • Organais

Further reading

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oʁˈɡaːn/
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
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  • Hyphenation: Or‧gan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Organ n (strong, genitive Organes or Organs, plural Organe)

  1. (anatomy) an organ
    Die Haut ist unser größtes Organ.
    The skin is our largest organ.
  2. an organ, a publication (newspaper, etc) of an organization
    Das Witzblatt ist das Organ der Spaßpartei.
    The Joke Sheet is the organ of the Fun Party.
  3. an organ, a body or organization with a particular purpose or duty
  4. an organ, a part of a government, such as an office or ministry

Declension
Declension of Organ [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Organ die Organe
genitive eines des Organes, Organs der Organe
dative einem dem Organ, Organe1 den Organen
accusative ein das Organ die Organe

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms
  • (anatomy): Atmungsorgan, Fortpflanzungsorgan, Geruchsorgan, Geschlechtsorgan, Riechorgan, Verdauungsorgan
  • (publication): Parteiorgan, Zentralorgan
  • (law, administration): Aufsichtsorgan, Vereinsorgan, Verwaltungsorgan

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Czech: orgán

References

Further reading
  • “Organ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Organ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Organ” in Duden online
  • Organ on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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