zangers

Zangers is the Dutch plural noun for singers, typically referring to male singers. The corresponding singular forms are zanger, a male singer, and zangeres, a female singer. In everyday usage zangers can denote a group of singers, and in many contexts the gender of the performers is either unknown or not specified. When the performers are primarily women, zangeres is used; for mixed or unspecified groups, speakers may still use zangers or opt for explicit phrases such as zangers en zangeressen.

The word zanger is derived from the verb zingen, meaning to sing, and the noun form has been part of Dutch for many centuries. Its usage covers professional performers as well as amateur singers, and it appears across various musical genres and media.

In contemporary Dutch, zangers appears in ordinary descriptions and in compound terms such as popzangers (pop singers) or operazangers (opera singers). It is also found in references to choirs or ensembles, for example in descriptions of groups consisting of male voices or mixed-gender groups where gender is not the focus.

See also: zanger, zangeres, muziek, vocaal.