Hirschhorn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hirschhorn, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Proper noun

Hirschhorn (plural Hirschhorns)

  1. hartshorn
  2. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Hirschhorn is the 39607th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 555 individuals. Hirschhorn is most common among White (94.41%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, Hirsch +‎ Horn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɪʁʃˌhɔʁn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Hirsch‧horn

Proper noun

Hirschhorn n (proper noun, genitive Hirschhorns or (optionally with an article) Hirschhorn)

  1. a town in Bergstraße district, Hesse, Germany
  2. a municipality of Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  3. Any of several smaller places in Germany and Switzerland.

Declension

Declension of Hirschhorn [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
singular
def. noun
nominative das Hirschhorn
genitive des Hirschhorns, Hirschhorn1
dative dem Hirschhorn
accusative das Hirschhorn

1Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Hirschhorn [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Hirschhorn (eine) (die) Hirschhorn (die) Hirschhorns
genitive (eines) (des) Hirschhorns, Hirschhorn1 (einer) (der) Hirschhorn (der) Hirschhorns
dative (einem) (dem) Hirschhorn (einer) (der) Hirschhorn (den) Hirschhorns
accusative (einen) (den) Hirschhorn (eine) (die) Hirschhorn (die) Hirschhorns

1With an article.

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