Eisenstadt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Eisenstadt.

Proper noun

Eisenstadt (countable and uncountable, plural Eisenstadts)

  1. A city in Burgenland, Austria.
  2. A habitational surname from German.
  3. (US, law, sexuality, US politics, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Eisenstadt v. Baird, a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded legalized contraception, expanding access to contraceptives to unmarried couples, and effectively legalized premarital sex, under the Equal Protection Clause following the Griswold ruling; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
    Coordinate terms: Griswold, Lawrence, Loving

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Eisenstadt is the 56972nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 358 individuals. Eisenstadt is most common among White (95.81%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Eisen +‎ Stadt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaɪ̯zn̩ˌʃtat]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ei‧sen‧stadt

Proper noun

Eisenstadt n (proper noun, genitive Eisenstadts or (optionally with an article) Eisenstadt)

  1. a municipality of Burgenland, Austria

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Eisenstadt