Genter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Genter.

Proper noun

Genter (plural Genters)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Genter is the 34032nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 668 individuals. Genter is most common among White (92.37%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Gent +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɛntɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Gen‧ter

Noun

Genter m (strong, genitive Genters, plural Genter, feminine Genterin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Ghent

Declension

Declension of Genter [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Genter die Genter
genitive eines des Genters der Genter
dative einem dem Genter den Gentern
accusative einen den Genter die Genter

Hypernyms

Adjective

Genter (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Ghent

Usage notes

  • Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.
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