Eisenberger
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Eisenberger.
Proper noun
Eisenberger (plural Eisenbergers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Eisenberger is the 34835th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 648 individuals. Eisenberger is most common among White (95.52%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eisenberger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 518.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaɪ̯zənbɛʁɡɐ]
- Hyphenation: Ei‧sen‧ber‧ger
Noun
Eisenberger m (strong, genitive Eisenbergers, plural Eisenberger, feminine Eisenbergerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Eisenberg
Declension
Declension of Eisenberger [masculine, strong]
Adjective
Eisenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Eisenberg
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.
Related terms
- Eisenacher, Eisenbacher, Eisenhüttenstädter, Hüttenberger
- Burberger, Lauterberger, Steinberger
Proper noun
Eisenberger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Eisenbergers or (with an article) Eisenberger, feminine genitive Eisenberger, plural Eisenbergers or Eisenberger)
- a surname
Related terms
- Eisenhauer, Eisenmann, Eisenstein, Kalteisen
- Bamberger, Fuchsberger, Frankenberger, Steinberger