Hohenstein

English

Proper noun

Hohenstein (plural Hohensteins)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hohenstein is the 23283^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1094 individuals. Hohenstein is most common among White (95.89%) individuals.

German

Alternative forms

• Höhenstein

Etymology

By surface analysis, hoch +‎ -en- +‎ Stein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoːənˌʃtaɪ̯n]
• Hyphenation: Ho‧hen‧stein

Proper noun

der Hohenstein m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Hohensteins or des Hohensteines)

1. Any of a number of mountains in Germany, Austria and Namibia

Declension

Declension of Hohenstein [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	der	Hohenstein
genitive	des	Hohensteins, Hohensteines
dative	dem	Hohenstein, Hohensteine1
accusative	den	Hohenstein

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Arnstein, Bergstein, Felsenstein, Rabenstein

Proper noun

Hohenstein n (proper noun, genitive Hohensteins or (optionally with an article) Hohenstein)

1. A municipality of Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district, Hesse, Germany
2. Any of a number of municipalities and smaller places in Germany, Austria and other European countries.
3. Any of a number of castles in Germany, Austria and other European countries..

Declension

Declension of Hohenstein [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Hohenstein
genitive	des	Hohensteins, Hohenstein1
dative	dem	Hohenstein
accusative	das	Hohenstein

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Hohensteiner
  • Hohensteinerin

Related terms

• Hohenberg, Hohenfels, Hohenborn
• Bergstein, Gutenstein, Reichenstein, Rabenstein

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Hohenstein [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Hohenstein	(eine)	(die)	Hohenstein	(die)	Hohensteins
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Hohensteins, Hohenstein1	(einer)	(der)	Hohenstein	(der)	Hohensteins
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Hohenstein	(einer)	(der)	Hohenstein	(den)	Hohensteins
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Hohenstein	(eine)	(die)	Hohenstein	(die)	Hohensteins

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Hohenberg, Hohenbrunner, Gutkind, Gutknecht
• Bergstein, Einstein, Rheinstein, Weinstein