Rotenberg
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
- As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”).
- As a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenberg.
Proper noun
Rotenberg (plural Rotenbergs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Rotenberg is the 37993rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 584 individuals. Rotenberg is most common among White (97.77%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rotenberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʁoːtn̩ˌbɛʁk]
- Hyphenation: Ro‧ten‧berg
Proper noun
Rotenberg n (proper noun, genitive Rotenbergs or (optionally with an article) Rotenberg)
- a part of the town of Rauenberg in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- a village, part of the Untertürkheim district of the City of Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Declension
Declension of Rotenberg [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms
Related terms
- Rothenberg, Rottenberg, Rotenburg, Rothenburg, Rodenburg, Rottenburg
- Schwarzenberg, Weißenberg, Grünenberg
Proper noun
Rotenberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Rotenbergs or (with an article) Rotenberg, feminine genitive Rotenberg, plural Rotenbergs)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Rotenberg [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Rotenberg | (eine) | (die) | Rotenberg | (die) | Rotenbergs |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Rotenbergs, Rotenberg1 | (einer) | (der) | Rotenberg | (der) | Rotenbergs |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Rotenberg | (einer) | (der) | Rotenberg | (den) | Rotenbergs |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Rotenberg | (eine) | (die) | Rotenberg | (die) | Rotenbergs |
1With an article.