Hohenberger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hohenberger.

Proper noun

Hohenberger (plural Hohenbergers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hohenberger is the 41579^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Hohenberger is most common among White (97.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hohenberger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 190.

German

Etymology

From Hohenberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoːənˌbɛʁɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ho‧hen‧ber‧ger

Noun

Hohenberger m (strong, genitive Hohenbergers, plural Hohenberger, feminine Hohenbergerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Hohenberg

Declension

Declension of Hohenberger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hohenberger	die	Hohenberger
genitive	eines	des	Hohenbergers	der	Hohenberger
dative	einem	dem	Hohenberger	den	Hohenbergern
accusative	einen	den	Hohenberger	die	Hohenberger

Adjective

Hohenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Hohenberg

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

• Hohensteiner
• Arenberger, Homberger, Höhenberger

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Hohenberger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Hohenberger	(eine)	(die)	Hohenberger	(die)	Hohenbergers, Hohenberger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Hohenbergers, Hohenberger1	(einer)	(der)	Hohenberger	(der)	Hohenbergers, Hohenberger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Hohenberger	(einer)	(der)	Hohenberger	(den)	Hohenbergers, Hohenberger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Hohenberger	(eine)	(die)	Hohenberger	(die)	Hohenbergers, Hohenberger

¹With an article.