# der Zwitter

der Zwitter is a German noun meaning “hermaphrodite”. Forms: des Zwitters, die Zwitter.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Zwitters
- Plural: die Zwitter

## In other languages

- Русский: гермафродит

## Meanings

1. hermaphrodite (individual or organism having both male and female gonads)
   - So ist es mir nur allzu recht / Ich bin ein schönes Zweigeschlecht / Zwei Seelen unter meiner Brust / Zwei Geschlechter, eine Lust / Zwitter, Zwitter — So to me it's only all too correct / I am a beautiful hermaphrodite / Two souls under my breast / Two genders, one desire / Hemaphrodite, hemaphrodite
2. _figurative · in-compounds_ hybrid (something of mixed components)
3. _figurative · in-compounds_ something showing incompatible attributes
4. _archaic_ a child born of a relation considered illicit or incongruous (born out of wedlock, of different social classes, and/or of different races); a bastard; a mongrel

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