Ehrenbacher

German

Etymology

From Ehrenbach +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeːʁənˌbaxɐ]
• Hyphenation: Eh‧ren‧ba‧cher

Noun

Ehrenbacher m (strong, genitive Ehrenbachers, plural Ehrenbacher, feminine Ehrenbacherin)

1. A native or resident of Ehrenbach

Declension

Declension of Ehrenbacher [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ehrenbacher	die	Ehrenbacher
genitive	eines	des	Ehrenbachers	der	Ehrenbacher
dative	einem	dem	Ehrenbacher	den	Ehrenbachern
accusative	einen	den	Ehrenbacher	die	Ehrenbacher

Adjective

Ehrenbacher (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Ehrenbach

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Ehrenbacher [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Ehrenbacher	(eine)	(die)	Ehrenbacher	(die)	Ehrenbachers, Ehrenbacher
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Ehrenbachers, Ehrenbacher1	(einer)	(der)	Ehrenbacher	(der)	Ehrenbachers, Ehrenbacher
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Ehrenbacher	(einer)	(der)	Ehrenbacher	(den)	Ehrenbachers, Ehrenbacher
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Ehrenbacher	(eine)	(die)	Ehrenbacher	(die)	Ehrenbachers, Ehrenbacher

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Ehrenberger, Ehrenkirchener, Ehrensteiner
• Bacher, Burbacher, Limbacher, Reichenbacher, Schönbacher, Steinbacher