Frankenberger

Frankenberger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Frankenberger.

Proper noun

Frankenberger (plural Frankenbergers)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Frankenberger is the 36154th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Frankenberger is most common among White (95.0%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Etymology

    From Frankenberg +‎ -er.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈfʁaŋkn̩ˌbɛɐ̯ɡɐ]
    • Hyphenation: Fran‧ken‧ber‧ger

    Noun

    Frankenberger m (strong, genitive Frankenbergers, plural Frankenberger, feminine Frankenbergerin)

    1. A native or resident of Frankenberg

    Declension

    Hypernyms

    Adjective

    Frankenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

    1. (relational) of Frankenberg

    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

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

    1. a surname

    Declension