Winter

See also: winter

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Wintour

Proper noun

Winter (countable and uncountable, plural Winters)

1. (countable) A surname from the Germanic languages.
2. (countable) A unisex given name
3. A placename
   1. An unincorporated community in Senlac Rural Municipality No. 411, Saskatchewan, Canada.
   2. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States.
   3. A small town and village in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
4. The personification of winter, wintertime
5. (poetry) Alternative form of winter

Derived terms

• Winter's bark (Drimys winteri)

See also

• Winter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Trewin, twiner

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• bintar, binter (Italy)

Noun

Winter

1. (Lower Austria) winter

See also

• Auswärts
• Summer
• Heribst

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪntɛr]

Proper noun

Winter m anim (female equivalent Winterová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Winter (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Winter	Winterové
genitive	Wintera	Winterů
dative	Winterovi	Winterům
accusative	Wintera	Wintery
vocative	Wintere	Winterové
locative	Winterovi	Winterech
instrumental	Winterem	Wintery

Further reading

• “Winter”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Dutch

Etymology

Literally, “winter”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪn.tər/
• Hyphenation: Win‧ter

Proper noun

Winter

1. a surname

German

Etymology

From Middle High German winder, winter, from Old High German wintar, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz. Compare Dutch winter, English winter, Danish vinter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪntɐ/

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Noun

Winter m (strong, genitive Winters, plural Winter)

1. winter

Declension

Declension of Winter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Winter	die	Winter
genitive	eines	des	Winters	der	Winter
dative	einem	dem	Winter	den	Wintern
accusative	einen	den	Winter	die	Winter

Derived terms

• winterartig
• winterlich

• Frostwinter
• Hungerwinter
• Jahrhundertwinter
• Kältewinter
• Kriegswinter
• Mittwinter
• Schneewinter
• Spätwinter
• Winterabend
• Winteranfang
• Winterbiene
• Winterende
• Winterferien
• Winterfest
• Winterjacke
• Winterkälte
• Winterkleid
• Winterkleidung
• Winterluft
• Wintermantel
• Wintermonat
• Wintermütze
• Winterpullover
• Winterreifen
• Winterruhe
• Wintersachen
• Winterschal
• Winterschlaf
• Winterschuh
• Wintersturm
• Winterurlaub
• Wintervergnügen
• Wintervogel
• Winterweizen
• Winterwetter
• Winterzauber
• Winterzeit

See also

• seasons: Jahreszeiten: Frühjahr/Frühling · Sommer · Herbst · Winter ^[edit]

Seasons in German · Jahreszeiten (layout · text) · category
Frühjahr (“spring”), Frühling (“spring”), Lenz (“spring”)	Sommer (“summer”)	Herbst (“autumn”), Spätling (“autumn”)	Winter (“winter”)

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Winter [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Winter	(eine)	(die)	Winter	(die)	Winters, Winter
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Winters, Winter1	(einer)	(der)	Winter	(der)	Winters, Winter
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Winter	(einer)	(der)	Winter	(den)	Winters, Winter
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Winter	(eine)	(die)	Winter	(die)	Winters, Winter

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Wintermann, Winterspelt
• Sommer

Further reading

• “Winter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Winter” in Duden online
• “Winter” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Winter”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• Winter on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• winter (Wiesemann spelling)

Etymology

From Central Franconian Wenter, from Middle High German winter, from Old High German wintar, from Proto-West Germanic *wintru, from Proto-Germanic *wintruz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvinta/
• Rhymes: -inta
• Syllabification: Win‧ter

Noun

Winter m (plural Winter)

1. winter

   Im Winter werd-s aarich kalt.

   In winter it gets very cold.

Related terms

• Winterschnees

See also

Seasons in Hunsrik · Johreszeide (layout · text) · category
Frihjoher, Frihling (“spring”)	Sommer, Summer (“summer”)	Herrebst (“autumn”)	Winter (“winter”)

Old English

Etymology

From the noun winter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwin.ter/

Proper noun

Winter m

1. a male given name

References

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Winter.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwinteɾ/ [ˈwin̪.t̪ɛɾ]
• Rhymes: -inteɾ
• Syllabification: Win‧ter

Proper noun

Winter (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

1. a unisex given name from English