Ottinger

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginGerman Öttinger →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A surname from German.

    She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos.

    2013, Richard Lee Colvin, Tilting at Windmills

Origin

  1. GermanÖttinger
  2. EnglishOttinger

Borrowed from German Öttinger.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

Ottinger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ottinger

MLA

“Ottinger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ottinger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ottinger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ottinger.

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