Röntgen

See also: roentgen, Roentgen, and röntgen

English

Alternative forms

• Roentgen

Etymology

From German Röntgen.

Proper noun

Röntgen

1. A surname from German, notably of Wilhelm Röntgen.

Derived terms

• roentgen, röntgen
• Roentgen-ray, Röntgen ray
• roentgenize, Röntgenize
• roentgenate
• roentgenium
• roentgenogram, röntgenogram
• roentgenology, röntgenology

Anagrams

• Tongren

German

Etymology 1

Named after the German physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁœntɡn̩/

• Audio:

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Noun

Röntgen n (strong, genitive Röntgens, plural Röntgen)

1. (medical equipment) röntgen, X-ray

Declension

Declension of Röntgen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Röntgen	die	Röntgen
genitive	eines	des	Röntgens	der	Röntgen
dative	einem	dem	Röntgen	den	Röntgen
accusative	ein	das	Röntgen	die	Röntgen

Derived terms

• röntgenabsorbierend (“X-ray-absorbing”, adj)
• Röntgenbild n (“X-ray image”)
• Röntgendiagnostik f (“radiography”)
• Röntgenfilm m (“X-ray film”)
• Röntgenfluoreszenz f (“X-ray fluorescence”)
• Röntgengerät n (“X-ray machine”)
• Röntgenpraxis f (“X-ray practice”)
• Röntgenröhre f (“X-ray tube”)
• Röntgenspektrum n (“X-ray spectrum”)
• Röntgenstrahl m (“X-ray beam”)
• Röntgenstrahlung f (“X-ray radiation”)

 

Etymology 2

Frisian diminutive of Hieronymus.

Proper noun

Röntgen m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Röntgens or (with an article) Röntgen, feminine genitive Röntgen, plural Röntgens or Röntgen)

1. a surname, notably of Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

Declension

Declension of Röntgen [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Röntgen	(eine)	(die)	Röntgen	(die)	Röntgens, Röntgen
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Röntgens, Röntgen1	(einer)	(der)	Röntgen	(der)	Röntgens, Röntgen
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Röntgen	(einer)	(der)	Röntgen	(den)	Röntgens, Röntgen
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Röntgen	(eine)	(die)	Röntgen	(die)	Röntgens, Röntgen

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Röntgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Röntgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Röntgen” in Duden online