Euler
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English Euler
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪlə/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˈjuːlə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪləɹ/, (sometimes proscribed) /ˈjuːləɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Homophone: oiler
- Rhymes: -ɔɪlə(ɹ), -uːlə(ɹ)
Proper noun
Euler
- A surname.
- Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist.
Derived terms
Translations
Leonhard Euler
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Alemannic German Äuler (“potter”), seemingly from a Middle High German rebracketing of Old French ole (“pot”) as having the agent noun suffix -er; ultimately from Latin ōlla (“pot; jar”). Compare obsolete German Eulwerk (“pottery”).
Pronunciation
- (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪ̯lɐ/
- (Switzerland) IPA(key): [ˈœy̯ləʁ]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯lɐ
Proper noun
Euler m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Eulers or (with an article) Euler, feminine genitive Euler, plural Eulers or Euler)
- a surname originating as an occupation
- Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist.
Declension
Declension of Euler [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Euler | (eine) | (die) | Euler | (die) | Eulers, Euler |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Eulers, Euler1 | (einer) | (der) | Euler | (der) | Eulers, Euler |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Euler | (einer) | (der) | Euler | (den) | Eulers, Euler |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Euler | (eine) | (die) | Euler | (die) | Eulers, Euler |
1With an article.
Derived terms
- eulersch, Euler'sch
- eulersche Formel
- eulersche Identität
- eulersche Zahl
References
- “Euler” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.