Dioning

German

Etymology

From Dione +‎ -ing. Coined by German jurist, writer and gay rights activist Karl Heinrich Ulrichs.

Noun

Dioning m (strong, genitive Dionings, plural Dioninge)

  1. (dated, rare) heterosexual man
    Coordinate term: Urning
    • 1889, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, “Zurechnungsfähigkeit der conträr Sexualen”, in Psychopathia Sexualis, page 207:
      Der Dioning, wenn er für seine geschlechtlichen Regungen Befriedigung sucht, weiss sie immer leicht zu finden; nicht so der Urning!
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Declension
Declension of Dioning [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Dioning die Dioninge
genitive eines des Dionings der Dioninge
dative einem dem Dioning den Dioningen
accusative einen den Dioning die Dioninge
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