Polyglot Dictionary

Autor

/aʊ̯ˈtoːɐ̯/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Autoren

Meaning

  1. author

    • Der Autor signierte sein neues Buch.

      The author signed his new book.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Schriftsteller

Autor is the general word for an author, of any kind of text; Schriftsteller specifically means a (literary) writer, someone whose profession is writing.

Similar in other languages

French

auteur

auteur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "author."

Portuguese

autor

autor is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "author."

Practice

1 What does Autor mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ signierte sein neues Buch.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Autor?

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