Gutenberg

English

Etymology

From German Gutenberg.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gutenberg

  1. A habitational surname from German.
  2. A metonym for a person:
    1. Johannes Gutenberg, a German printer who developed European movable type.
  3. A placename:
    1. A lunar crater.
    2. A locale in Germany:
      1. A castle in Germany.
      2. A village in Germany, renamed after the castle.
      4. A municipality of Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, named after the castle and village.
  4. Ellipsis of Gutenberg Bible, the first mass production printing project of the Gutenberg press.
  5. Ellipsis of Project Gutenberg, a digital library founded in 1971.

Translations

See also

German

Etymology

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By surface analysis, gut +‎ -en- +‎ Berg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuːtənˌbɛʁk]
  • Hyphenation: Gu‧ten‧berg

Proper noun

Gutenberg n (proper noun, genitive Gutenbergs or (optionally with an article) Gutenberg)

  1. A placename
    1. A locale in Germany
      1. Gutenberg (a municipality of Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, named after the castle and village)
      2. A castle, formerly named Weitersheim, renamed when it was renovated in the 12th century to the modern name, in the modern eponymous municipality
      3. A village, formerly named Weitersheim, renamed after the castle in the 15th century, in the modern eponymous municipality
    2. A castle in Liechtenstein
    3. a village in Austria; former name of Gutenberg an der Raabklamm

Declension

Declension of Gutenberg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Gutenberg
genitive des Gutenbergs, Gutenberg1
dative dem Gutenberg
accusative das Gutenberg

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Gutenberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gutenbergs or (with an article) Gutenberg, feminine genitive Gutenberg, plural Gutenbergs)

  1. a habitational surname

Declension

Declension of Gutenberg [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Gutenberg (eine) (die) Gutenberg (die) Gutenbergs
genitive (eines) (des) Gutenbergs, Gutenberg1 (einer) (der) Gutenberg (der) Gutenbergs
dative (einem) (dem) Gutenberg (einer) (der) Gutenberg (den) Gutenbergs
accusative (einen) (den) Gutenberg (eine) (die) Gutenberg (die) Gutenbergs

1With an article.

Descendants

  • English: Gutenberg

See also

  • Guttenberg
  • Guttenburg
  • Gutenburg
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