Reichenberger
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Reichenberger.
Proper noun
Reichenberger (plural Reichenbergers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Reichenberger is the 36099th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Reichenberger is most common among White (93.88%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Reichenberger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Etymology
From Reichenberg + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩ˌbɛʁɡɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɛʁɡɐ
- Hyphenation: Rei‧chen‧ber‧ger
Noun
Reichenberger m (strong, genitive Reichenbergers, plural Reichenberger, feminine Reichenbergerin)
- A native or resident of Reichenberg
Declension
Declension of Reichenberger [masculine, strong]
Hypernyms
Adjective
Reichenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Reichenberg
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
Reichenberger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Reichenbergers or (with an article) Reichenberger, feminine genitive Reichenberger, plural Reichenbergers or Reichenberger)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Reichenberger [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Reichenberger | (eine) | (die) | Reichenberger | (die) | Reichenbergers, Reichenberger |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Reichenbergers, Reichenberger1 | (einer) | (der) | Reichenberger | (der) | Reichenbergers, Reichenberger |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Reichenberger | (einer) | (der) | Reichenberger | (den) | Reichenbergers, Reichenberger |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Reichenberger | (eine) | (die) | Reichenberger | (die) | Reichenbergers, Reichenberger |
1With an article.
Related terms
- Reichenberg, Reichensperger, Reichenbacher, Reichenfelder, Reichensteiner
- Berger, Altenberger, Bamberger, Dornberger
- Herberger, Rothenberger, Steinberger, Wildberger, Weinberger