Zwitter

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zwitarn, from Old High German zwitarn. The first part is the prefix zwie-, but what the second part is is unknown.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡svɪtɐ/

Noun

Zwitter m (genitive Zwitters, plural Zwitter)

a being of two kins (not necessarily humans or animals)
1. (obsolete) a child where one parent is of higher birth than the other
2. (obsolete) a child born out of wedlock, a misbegotten, a bastard
  Synonyms: Kegel, Bankert, Bastard, uneheliches Kind, Kebskind
3. a child of two different races, mongrel, hybrid, bastard
  Synonyms: halbschlächtiger Blendling, Mischling, Bastard
4. a being of two sexes, a hermaphrodite
  Synonym: Hermaphrodit

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

Further reading

Zwitter in Duden online

↑ Wolfgang Pfeifer: Etymologisches Wörterbuch.

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