Herzog
See also: herzog
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Proper noun
Herzog (plural Herzogs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Herzog is the 3239st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11,146 people. Herzog is most common among white people (95.75%).
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Herzog”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171.
German
Alternative forms
- Hertzog (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle High German herzog, herzoge, from Old High German herizogo, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *harjatogō (“army leader”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛrˌtsoːk/, [ˈhɛʁˌt͡soːk], [ˈhɛɐ̯ˌt͡soːk] (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛrˌtsɔx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)
Audio: (file)
Noun
Herzog m (strong, genitive Herzogs or Herzoges, plural Herzöge, feminine Herzogin)
Declension
Declension of Herzog [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
- Erzherzog
- Großherzog
- Herzogenbusch
- Herzogin
- herzoglich
- Herzogshof
- Herzogshut
- Herzogswürde
- Herzogtum
Descendants
- → Albanian: hercog
- → Bulgarian: херцо́г (hercóg)
- → Saterland Frisian: Härtsoch
- → Georgian: ჰერცოგი (hercogi)
- → Hungarian: herceg
- → Latgalian: gercogs
- → Latvian: hercogs
- → Lithuanian: hercogas
- → Luxembourgish: Herzog
- → Ottoman Turkish: هرسك (hersek)
- → Russian: ге́рцог (gércog)
- → Translingual: Herzogiella
- → Ukrainian: ге́рцог (hércoh)
- → Saterland Frisian: Härtsoch
- → Serbo-Croatian: Херцег
- Serbo-Croatian: Хѐрцеговина
- → English: Herzegovina
- Serbo-Croatian: Хѐрцеговина
Further reading
- “Herzog” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Herzog” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Herzog” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhærˌtsoːχ/, /ˈhærtsoχ/, [ˈhæχˌt͡soːχ], [-t͡soχ]
Noun
Herzog m (plural Herzogen)