Zwitter

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zwitarn (“bastard; hermaphrodite”), from Old High German zwitarn (“bastard”). The first part is the prefix zwie- (“two-, bi-”), but the identity of the second part is unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtsvɪtər/, [ˈt͡sʋɪtɐ]

Noun

Zwitter m (genitive Zwitters, plural Zwitter)

hermaphrodite (individual or organism having both male and female gonads)
Synonym: Hermaphrodit
(figuratively, chiefly in compounds) hybrid (something of mixed components)
Synonym: Hybride
(obsolete) a child born of a relation considered illicit or incongruous (born out of wedlock, of different social classes, and/or of different races); a bastard; a mongrel
Synonyms: Bankert, Bastard, Blendling, Kebskind, Kegel, Mischling

Declension

Declension of Zwitter

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zwitter	die	Zwitter
genitive	eines	des	Zwitters	der	Zwitter
dative	einem	dem	Zwitter	den	Zwittern
accusative	einen	den	Zwitter	die	Zwitter

Derived terms

zwitterhaft