Silberstein
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Silberstein.
Proper noun
Silberstein (plural Silbersteins)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Silberstein is the 36695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Silberstein is most common among White (94.91%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Silberstein”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Etymology
From Silber (“silver”) + Stein (“stone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzɪlbɐˌʃtaɪn]
- Hyphenation: Sil‧ber‧stein
Proper noun
Silberstein n (proper noun, genitive Silbersteins or (optionally with an article) Silberstein)
- a borough of Geroldsgrün municipality in the Hof district, Bavaria, Germany
- Hrádeček (a hamlet of Vlčice municipality in the w:Trutnov District, Czech Republic) (until 1945)
Declension
Declension of Silberstein [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
Derived terms
Proper noun
Silberstein m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Silbersteins or (with an article) Silberstein, feminine genitive Silberstein, plural Silbersteins)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Silberstein [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Silberstein | (eine) | (die) | Silberstein | (die) | Silbersteins |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Silbersteins, Silberstein1 | (einer) | (der) | Silberstein | (der) | Silbersteins |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Silberstein | (einer) | (der) | Silberstein | (den) | Silbersteins |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Silberstein | (eine) | (die) | Silberstein | (die) | Silbersteins |
1With an article.
Related terms
- Silberbach, Silbermann
- Bernstein, Goldstein
- Rothenstein, Weißenstein, Schwarzenstein