Pointer

See also: pointer

English

Proper noun

Pointer (plural Pointers)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Pointer Mountain

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pointer is the 4752^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7453 individuals. Pointer is most common among Black/African American (47.36%) and White (47.19%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Petrino, Petroni, interop, protein, pterion, repoint, tropein, tropine

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English pointer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɪ̯ntɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Pointer m (strong, genitive Pointers, plural Pointer)

1. pointer (dog)

   Synonym: Vorstehhund

2. (graphical user interface) pointer, cursor

   Synonyms: Cursor, Mauszeiger

3. (programming) pointer

   Synonym: (uncommon) Zeiger

4. (colloquial) clipping of Laserpointer

Declension

Declension of Pointer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pointer	die	Pointer
genitive	eines	des	Pointers	der	Pointer
dative	einem	dem	Pointer	den	Pointern
accusative	einen	den	Pointer	die	Pointer

Further reading

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