Organ

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

Organ (countable and uncountable, plural Organs)

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

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Organ is the 12696^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2431 individuals. Organ is most common among White (84.04%) and Black/African American (10.04%) individuals.

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

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

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

Organ m

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

Organ m or f by sense

1. a surname from Occitan

• 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

• IPA^(key): /oʁˈɡaːn/

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• Hyphenation: Or‧gan
• Rhymes: -aːn

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

• (anatomy): Atmungsorgan, Fortpflanzungsorgan, Geruchsorgan, Geschlechtsorgan, Riechorgan, Verdauungsorgan
• (publication): Parteiorgan, Zentralorgan
• (law, administration): Aufsichtsorgan, Vereinsorgan, Verwaltungsorgan

• organisch

• → Czech: orgán

• Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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