Hirschberg
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hirschberg.
Proper noun
Hirschberg (plural Hirschbergs)
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hirschberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɪʁʃˌbɛʁk]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Hirsch‧berg
Proper noun
Hirschberg n (proper noun, genitive Hirschbergs or (optionally with an article) Hirschberg)
- a town in Saale-Orla-Kreis district, Thuringia, Germany
- a municipality of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- a municipality of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Jelenia Góra (a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland)
- Any of a number of smaller places in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and some other countries in Europe.
Declension
Declension of Hirschberg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms
Related terms
- Hirschbach, Hirschfeld, Hirschfelde, Hirschfelden, Hirschfeldau, Hirschstein
- Bergstein, Arenberg, Bensberg, Frankenberg, Gevelsberg, Heinsberg, Schönberg, Steinberg
Proper noun
Hirschberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hirschbergs or (with an article) Hirschberg, feminine genitive Hirschberg, plural Hirschbergs)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Hirschberg [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hirschberg | (eine) | (die) | Hirschberg | (die) | Hirschbergs |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hirschbergs, Hirschberg1 | (einer) | (der) | Hirschberg | (der) | Hirschbergs |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hirschberg | (einer) | (der) | Hirschberg | (den) | Hirschbergs |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hirschberg | (eine) | (die) | Hirschberg | (die) | Hirschbergs |
1With an article.
Related terms
- Hirschberger, Hirschfelder, Hirschfeld, Hirschbach, Hirschkopf, Hirschhausen, Hirschmeier, Hirschmann
- Berg, Bergmann, Berghoff, Arenberg, Amsberg, Osterberg, Schönberg, Steinberg