Gutenberg

English

Etymology

German Gutenberg

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡutn̩ˌbɝɡ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːtn̩ˌbɜːɡ/
• Hyphenation: Gu‧ten‧berg

Proper noun

Gutenberg

1. A habitational surname from German.
2. A metonym for a person
   1. Johannes Gutenberg, a German printer who developed European movable type.
3. A placename.
   1. A lunar crater.
   2. A locale in Germany
      1. A castle in Germany
      2. A village in Germany, renamed after the castle
      3. A municipality of Germany, named after the castle and village
4. Ellipsis of Gutenberg Bible., the first mass production printing project of the Gutenberg press
5. Ellipsis of Project Gutenberg., a digital library founded in 1971.

Translations

surname

• Armenian: Գուտենբերգ (Gutenberg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古登堡 (zh) (Gǔdēngbǎo), 古騰堡／古腾堡 (Gǔténgbǎo)

• German: Gutenberg
• Japanese: グーテンベルク (Gūtenberuku)
• Russian: Гутенбе́рг (ru) m or f (Gutɛnbérg)

See also

• Project Gutenberg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gutenberg (crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

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Proper noun

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

1. a habitational surname
2. A placename
   1. A locale in Germany
      1. A municipality of Germany, named after the castle and village
      2. A castle, formerly named Weitersheim, renamed when it was renovated in the 12th century to the modern name, in the modern eponymous municipality
      3. A village, formerly named Weitersheim, renamed after the castle in the 15th century, in the modern eponymous municipality
   2. A castle in Liechtenstein
   3. A village in Austria; Former name of Gutenberg an der Raabklamm.

Descendants

• English: Gutenberg

See also

• Guttenberg
• Guttenburg
• Gutenburg