Hohenberger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hohenberger.

Proper noun

Hohenberger (plural Hohenbergers)

  1. 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

German

Etymology

From Hohenberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhoːənˌbɛʁɡɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Ho‧hen‧ber‧ger

Noun

Hohenberger m (strong, genitive Hohenbergers, plural Hohenberger, feminine Hohenbergerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Hohenberg

Declension

Adjective

Hohenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (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.

Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

Declension