Filter

See also: filter

English

Etymology

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

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Filter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 574.

Anagrams

• fertil, Trefil, lifter, firtle, relift, filtre, trifle

German

Alternative forms

• feltrum, filtrus, filtra, feltra, pheltrum

Pronunciation

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Audio (Germany):

  (file)

Noun

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

1. filter

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

• Filterblase
• Filterpapier
• Filtertüte
• Kaffeefilter

Related terms

• filtern
• filtrieren

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “Filter” in Duden online
• “Filter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache