Hirschberg

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hirschberg.

Proper noun

Hirschberg (plural Hirschbergs)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hirschberg is the 31412nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 737 individuals. Hirschberg is most common among White (96.2%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Hirsch +‎ Berg.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɪʁʃˌbɛʁk]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Hirsch‧berg

Proper noun

Hirschberg n (proper noun, genitive Hirschbergs or (optionally with an article) Hirschberg)

  1. a town in Saale-Orla-Kreis district, Thuringia, Germany
  2. a municipality of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  3. a municipality of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  4. Jelenia Góra (a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland)
  5. Any of a number of smaller places in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and some other countries in Europe.

Declension

Derived terms

Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

Declension