Player

See also: player

English

Proper noun

Player (plural Players)

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a sportsman.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Player is the 9033^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3617 individuals. Player is most common among White (59.75%) and Black/African American (35.42%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Rapley, parley, pearly, prelay, replay

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English player.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplɛɪ̯ɐ/, /ˈpleːɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Player m (strong, genitive Players, plural Player)

1. (electronics, computing) Synonym of Abspielgerät (“playback device”)
2. (business) player, participant (in a market economy)

   Hyponym: Global Player

   • 2022 June 17, Wilfried Urbe, “Streamingdienst-Übersättigung: Die Party geht zu Ende”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Was für die Pro­du­zen­t*in­nen Hochkonjunktur bedeutet, verwandelt sich allerdings für die Port­al­be­trei­be­r*in­nen immer mehr zu einer Bedrohung. Denn noch kein Player kann sich durch sein Portfolio refinanzieren.

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Declension

Declension of Player [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Player	die	Player
genitive	eines	des	Players	der	Player
dative	einem	dem	Player	den	Playern
accusative	einen	den	Player	die	Player

Further reading

• “Player” in Duden online
• “Player” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache