Hohenberger
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Hohenberger.
Proper noun
Hohenberger (plural Hohenbergers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hohenberger is the 41579th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Hohenberger is most common among White (97.13%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hohenberger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhoːənˌbɛʁɡɐ]
- Hyphenation: Ho‧hen‧ber‧ger
Noun
Hohenberger m (strong, genitive Hohenbergers, plural Hohenberger, feminine Hohenbergerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Hohenberg
Declension
Declension of Hohenberger [masculine, strong]
Adjective
Hohenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) Hohenberg
Usage notes
- Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.
Related terms
- Hohensteiner
- Arenberger, Homberger, Höhenberger
Proper noun
Hohenberger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hohenbergers or (with an article) Hohenberger, feminine genitive Hohenberger, plural Hohenbergers or Hohenberger)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Hohenberger [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hohenberger | (eine) | (die) | Hohenberger | (die) | Hohenbergers, Hohenberger |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hohenbergers, Hohenberger1 | (einer) | (der) | Hohenberger | (der) | Hohenbergers, Hohenberger |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hohenberger | (einer) | (der) | Hohenberger | (den) | Hohenbergers, Hohenberger |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hohenberger | (eine) | (die) | Hohenberger | (die) | Hohenbergers, Hohenberger |
1With an article.