Organ

Etymology

From organ, a metonymic occupational surname for a player of a musical instrument.

Proper noun

Organ (countable and uncountable, plural Organs)

1. A surname.
2. A census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nagor, grano, angor, rango, groan, rag on, Goran, Ongar, Angor, Agron, argon, Garon, Rogan, Grano, Ragon, orang, Ronga

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan Organ.
(Village): Attested on the Cassini map (1740s).

Proper noun

Organ m

1. Organ (a village in Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitania, France)

Proper noun

Organ m or f by sense

1. a surname from Occitan

Further reading

• Michel Grosclaude, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de famille gascons, Orthez, per noste, 2003, →ISBN, page 202
• Géoportail, Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière, 2019

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʁˈɡaːn/

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• Hyphenation: Or‧gan
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Organ n (strong, genitive Organes or Organs, plural Organe)

1. (anatomy) an organ

   Die Haut ist unser größtes Organ.

   The skin is our largest organ.

2. an organ, a publication (newspaper, etc) of an organization

   Das Witzblatt ist das Organ der Spaßpartei.

   The Joke Sheet is the organ of the Fun Party.

3. an organ, a body or organization with a particular purpose or duty
4. an organ, a part of a government, such as an office or ministry

References

• Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Further reading

• “Organ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Organ” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Organ” in Duden online
• Organ on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de