Swinger

See also: swinger

English

Etymology

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Schwinger or Zwinger.

Proper noun

Swinger (plural Swingers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Swinger is the 39052^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 564 individuals. Swinger is most common among White (52.48%) and Black/African American (43.62%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Swinger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English swinger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɪŋɐ/
• Hyphenation: Swin‧ger

• Audio:

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Noun

Swinger m (strong, genitive Swingers, plural Swinger, feminine Swingerin)

1. swinger

Declension

Declension of Swinger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Swinger	die	Swinger
genitive	eines	des	Swingers	der	Swinger
dative	einem	dem	Swinger	den	Swingern
accusative	einen	den	Swinger	die	Swinger

Further reading

• “Swinger” in Duden online