"Denker" meaning in German

See Denker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈdɛŋkɐ/ Audio: De-Denker.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: Denkers [genitive, masculine], Denker [genitive, masculine], Denker [feminine, genitive], Denkers [plural], Denker [plural]
Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Denker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Denkers or (with an article) Denker, feminine genitive Denker, plural Denkers or Denker)
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname
    Sense id: en-Denker-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛŋkɐ/ Audio: De-Denker.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: denken + -er Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:af|denken|-er}}, {{suffix|de|denken|er}} denken + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Denker m (strong, genitive Denkers, plural Denker, feminine Denkerin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Denkers [genitive], Denker [plural], Denkerin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Denker [nominative, singular], Denker [definite, nominative, plural], Denkers [genitive, singular], Denker [definite, genitive, plural], Denker [dative, singular], Denkern [dative, definite, plural], Denker [accusative, singular], Denker [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. thinker, philosopher Tags: masculine, strong Synonyms: Philosoph Derived forms: Freidenker, Klardenker, Mitdenker, Nachdenker, Querdenker, Schnelldenker, Selbstdenker, Vordenker
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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        },
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