Kuenssberg

English

Etymology

From German Künßberg, Künssberg, variants of Künsberg.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ko͞onsʹbûrg, künsʹbûrg, künsʹbĕrg, künsʹbĕrk, IPA^(key): /ˈkuːnsbɝɡ/, /ˈkyːnsbɝɡ/, /ˈkyːnsbɛɹɡ/, /ˈkyːnsbɛɹk/

Proper noun

Kuenssberg

1. A surname from German
   1. Ekkehard von Kuenssberg CBE (1913–2000), Heidelberg-born physician who made his career in Scotland, co-founder and president of the Royal College of General Practitioners; paternal grandfather of Joanna Kate Kuenssberg and Laura Juliet Kuenssberg
   2. Joanna Kate Kuenssberg (born 1973), British oil executive and former diplomat, British High Commissioner to Mozambique 2014–2018; granddaughter of Ekkehard von Kuenssberg and elder sister of Laura Juliet Kuenssberg
   3. Laura Juliet Kuenssberg (born 1976), British journalist, political editor of BBC News 2015–2022; granddaughter of Ekkehard von Kuenssberg and younger sister of Joanna Kate Kuenssberg

Translations

surname from German

• German: Künsberg m or f by sense

Further reading

• Kuenssberg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia