Urning

See also: urning

German

Etymology

From Uranus +‎ -ing. Coined by German jurist, writer and gay rights activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʊʁnɪŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ur‧ning

Noun

Urning m (strong, genitive Urnings, plural Urninge)

1. (dated, rare) homosexual man

   Synonyms: Homosexueller, (dated) Homosexualer, Uranier, Uranist

   Antonym: Stino

   Coordinate term: Dioning

   • 1889, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, “Homosexuale oder Urninge”, in Psychopathia Sexualis, page 107:

     Der Urning liebt, vergöttert den männlichen Geliebten geradeso wie der weibliebende Mann die Geliebte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Urning [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Urning	die	Urninge
genitive	eines	des	Urnings	der	Urninge
dative	einem	dem	Urning	den	Urningen
accusative	einen	den	Urning	die	Urninge

Descendants

• → English: urning

Further reading

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