Mainzer

Borrowed from German Mainzer.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪn.tsə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪn.tsɚ/

Mainzer (plural Mainzers)

1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Mainz, capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Mainzer (plural Mainzers)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mainzer is the 76768^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 250 individuals. Mainzer is most common among White (97.2%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mainzer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 493.
• Forebears

From Mainz +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ̯ntsər/, [ˈmaɪ̯n.t͡sɐ]

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• Hyphenation: Main‧zer

Mainzer m (strong, genitive Mainzers, plural Mainzer, feminine Mainzerin)

1. Mainzer (native or inhabitant of the city of Mainz, capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) (usually male)

• The Rhine Franconian form is Meenzer. There is a local tradition to distinguish between the two pronunciations based on someone's being a native or merely an inhabitant. Humorously this may even be elaborated into a three-way system of alleged nativeness involving the vowels /aɪ̯/, /ɛɪ̯/ and /eː/.

• Rheinland-Pfälzer
  • Deutscher

• English: Mainzer

Mainzer m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Mainzers or (with an article) Mainzer, plural Mainzers or Mainzer)

1. a surname

• English: Mainzer