Mozart
English
Etymology
The surname was first recorded in the 14th century as Mozahrt in Germany. It is a compound word, the first part of which is Middle High German mos, also spelt mosz, and meaning “bog, marsh” in southern dialects (compare modern German Moos). The second part is the common name-forming suffix -hart. It was used as a negative nickname for dirty or sloppy people.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊtsɑːt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊtsaɹt/
Noun
Mozart (plural Mozarts)
- By analogy with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a musical virtuoso.
- 1933, Sir William Mitchell, The Place of Minds in the World, p. 142
- One child is a Mozart with a flying start, while another foots it, and makes little way; but the course is the same, being set by the object.
- 1911, Joseph Lane Hancock, Nature Sketches in Temperate America: A Series of Sketches and Popular Account of Insects, Birds,..., p. 103
- He is a Mozart in the insect world, sending out his strain upon the evening air.
- a. 1875, Henry Ward Beecher, Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons Preached in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn (1875) p. 446
- [W]e can understand how a father who is a good musician may have a son who is a Mozart—a genius in music...
- 1933, Sir William Mitchell, The Place of Minds in the World, p. 142
- By extension, a virtuoso in any field.
- 2006, Ryan A Nerz, Eat This Book: a year of gorging and glory on the competitive eating circuit, p. 67:
- There is a Mozart of competitive eating who is yet to reveal himself.
- 2001, Victor H. Mair, The Columbia History of Chinese Literature, p. 296
- Li Po is the most musical, most versatile, and most engaging of Chinese poets, a Mozart of words.
- 2001, Lawrence Grobel, Endangered Species: Writers Talk about Their Craft, Their Visions, Their Lives:
- Joyce Carol Oates has said, "If there is a Mozart of interviewers, Larry Grobel is that individual."
- 2001, Kathryn Ann Lindskoog, Surprised by C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald, and Dante: An Array of Original Discoveries, p. 116
- In contrast, MacDonald's Gibbie is not only a moral prodigy, but also a Mozart of religious sensibility.
- 1976, Noel Bertram Gerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe: a biography, p. 86
- By the same token, Rembrandt resembled Hawthorne, and the architect who had designed Melrose Abbey was a Mozart among architects.
- 2006, Ryan A Nerz, Eat This Book: a year of gorging and glory on the competitive eating circuit, p. 67:
Proper noun
Mozart (plural Mozarts)
- A surname from German; (music) used specifically of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
- 2005 September 16, Nicholas Kenyon, “Myth, Muzak and Mozart”, in The Guardian:
- How do we know what we think we know about Mozart? And why is he still the most popular composer of the western classical tradition? He is one of the most written-about, dissected and mythologised composers in the history of western music.
- 1999, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Tom Artin, transl., Drawbridge Up: Mathematics—A Cultural Anathema, Natick, MA: A K Peters, page 25:
- Of course, this only raises once more the conundrum why the general public should value gothic cathedrals, Mozart's operas, and Kafka's stories so highly, but not the Method of Infinite Descent or Fourier analysis.
- 1997, Larimer v. Dayton Hudson Corportation, Appeal no. 97-2127: Brief of the Defendants-Appellees, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, see footnote 6, page 11:
- Individuals who are biologically “young” (whatever that means) have no monopoly on “young” or “fresh” ideas. Thus Mozart can write Eine Kleine Nachtmusik before he is dead at the age of 31, Thomas Jefferson can draft the Declaration of Independence at age 34 and Buchminster Fuller, after reaching the age of 70, can continue to get patents for his inventions.
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Derived terms
- Mozartesque (adjective)
- Mozartian (adjective)
attributive uses of the proper noun “Mozart”
- Mozart ball
- Mozart effect
Translations
surname
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References
- Duden, Familiennamen: Herkunft und Bedeutung (Kolheim)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Mozart.
Proper noun
Mozart m or f
- a surname from German
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmoːˌtsaʁt/, /ˈmoːˌtsaː(ɐ̯)t/, /ˈmoːtsɐt/
Proper noun
Mozart m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mozarts or (with an article) Mozart, feminine genitive Mozart, plural Mozarts)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Mozart [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Mozart | (eine) | (die) | Mozart | (die) | Mozarts |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Mozarts, Mozart1 | (einer) | (der) | Mozart | (der) | Mozarts |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Mozart | (einer) | (der) | Mozart | (den) | Mozarts |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Mozart | (eine) | (die) | Mozart | (die) | Mozarts |
1With an article.
Further reading
- “Mozart” in Duden online
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmoːt͡saːrt]
- Hyphenation: Mo‧zart
- Rhymes: -aːrt
Proper noun
Mozart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Leopold Mozart
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Mozart | Mozartok |
| accusative | Mozartot | Mozartokat |
| dative | Mozartnak | Mozartoknak |
| instrumental | Mozarttal | Mozartokkal |
| causal-final | Mozartért | Mozartokért |
| translative | Mozarttá | Mozartokká |
| terminative | Mozartig | Mozartokig |
| essive-formal | Mozartként | Mozartokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Mozartban | Mozartokban |
| superessive | Mozarton | Mozartokon |
| adessive | Mozartnál | Mozartoknál |
| illative | Mozartba | Mozartokba |
| sublative | Mozartra | Mozartokra |
| allative | Mozarthoz | Mozartokhoz |
| elative | Mozartból | Mozartokból |
| delative | Mozartról | Mozartokról |
| ablative | Mozarttól | Mozartoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | Mozarté | Mozartoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | Mozartéi | Mozartokéi |
| Possessive forms of Mozart | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Mozartom | Mozartjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Mozartod | Mozartjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Mozartja | Mozartjai |
| 1st person plural | Mozartunk | Mozartjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Mozartotok | Mozartjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Mozartjuk | Mozartjaik |
Derived terms
- mozarti
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Mozart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔd.d͡zart/
- Rhymes: -ɔddzart
- Hyphenation: Mò‧zart
Proper noun
Mozart m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Mozart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.t͡sart/
- Rhymes: -ɔt͡sart
- Syllabification: Mo‧zart
Proper noun
Mozart m pers
- (music) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Declension
Declension of Mozart
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mozart |
| genitive | Mozarta |
| dative | Mozartowi |
| accusative | Mozarta |
| instrumental | Mozartem |
| locative | Mozarcie |
| vocative | Mozarcie |
Further reading
- Mozart in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Mozart in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Mozart.
Proper noun
Mozart m or f by sense
- a surname from German
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Mozart.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /moˈθaɾt/ [moˈθaɾt̪]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /moˈsaɾt/ [moˈsaɾt̪]
- Rhymes: -aɾt
- Syllabification: Mo‧zart
Proper noun
Mozart m or f
- a surname from German