Filter

See also: filter

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.
Proto-Germanic *felląder.
Proto-West Germanic *feltbor.
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *-trom
Proto-Italic *-trom
Latin -trum
Medieval Latin filtrumbor.
German filterninflu.
German Filterbor.
English Filter

    Borrowed from German Filter.

    Proper noun

    Filter (plural Filters)

    1. A surname from German.

    Statistics

    • According to the 2010 United States Census, Filter is the 38103rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 582 individuals. Filter is most common among White (96.39%) individuals.

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    German

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Medieval Latin filtrum under the influence of the verb filtern, borrowed earlier from the same source. Additional senses beyond the physical one are typically semantic borrowings from English.

      Pronunciation

      • Audio (Austria):(file)
      • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

      Noun

      Filter m or n (strong, genitive Filters, plural Filter)

      1. filter (device that lets some things pass while blocking the passage of others)
        1. filter (device that lets gases and fluids pass, but catches solid components)
        2. (photography, optics) filter (tinted glass or foil that blocks light of certain properties)
        3. (signal processing) filter (tool that blocks specific parts of a signal)
      2. (social media) filter (on-the-fly image alteration effect)

      Usage notes

      • Neuter gender is mostly limited to scientific usage. Informally, masculine is predominant.

      Declension

      Declension of Filter [masculine // neuter, strong]
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein der, das Filter die Filter
      genitive eines des Filters der Filter
      dative einem dem Filter den Filtern
      accusative einen, ein den, das Filter die Filter

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      • → Saterland Frisian: Filter
      • → Dutch: filter
      • → Danish: filter

      References

      Further reading

      • “Filter” in Duden online
      • “Filter”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)

      Luxembourgish

      Noun

      Filter m (plural Filteren)

      1. filter

      Derived terms

      Further reading

      • Filter in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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