Meininger

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Meininger.

Proper noun

Meininger (plural Meiningers)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Meininger is the 30665th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 760 individuals. Meininger is most common among White (95.39%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Meiningen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaɪ̯nɪŋɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Mei‧nin‧ger

Noun

Meininger m (strong, genitive Meiningers, plural Meininger, feminine Meiningerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Meiningen

Declension

Adjective

Meininger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Meiningen

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

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

  1. a surname

Declension