Single

single English Etymology From en ang sengel brushwood; burnt clearing, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a brushwood. Proper noun s en Old English. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Single is the 41886th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 519 individuals. Single is most common among White (88.44%) individuals. Further reading German Etymology In all senses from de en single. The pronunciation is without /ɡ/ because German allows the cluster /ŋɡ/ only before full vowels, not before /ə/. The feminine gender of the musical sense is probably after de Schallplatte f. Pronunciation de /ˈsɪŋəl/ [ˈsɪŋl̩] de /ˈzɪŋəl/<qq:dated> de De-Single.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f,s de music single 45rpm vinyl record de music single song from an album, released individually Declension f,s Noun m,(s),(s) single; singleton someone who is not involved in a stable romantic relationship Usage notes Not used in German to mean “unmarried”. For that, see de ledig, de unverheiratet (and nominalisations thereof). de Single also generally implies an openness for romantic or sexual relations, so it would not commonly be used of someone living in celibacy, or of a widow(er) in their 80s. The usual word for “living alone without a family” is de alleinstehend. The normal plural is de Singles. Chiefly colloquially it may also be unchanged de Single. Note, however, that the dative plural de den Singlen, while unproblematic in speech, is awkward in writing (compare the same in the word de Bachelor). Declension m,(s),(s) Noun n,(s),s de tennis single game with one player on each side Declension n,(s),s Further reading Single_Schallplatte_CD_Tontraeger Single_alleinlebende_Person Single_Spiel