Landauer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Landauer.

Proper noun

Landauer (plural Landauers)

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Landauer limit
• Landauer's principle

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Landauer is the 40800^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 535 individuals. Landauer is most common among White (94.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Landauer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387.

German

Etymology

Origin of the carriage sense is uncertain, often assumed to be named after the city, Landau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlandaʊ̯ɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Lan‧dau‧er

Noun

Landauer m (strong, genitive Landauers, plural Landauer)

1. Inhabitant of Landau.
2. (dated) landau (type of lightweight four-wheeled carriage)

Declension

Declension of Landauer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Landauer	die	Landauer
genitive	eines	des	Landauers	der	Landauer
dative	einem	dem	Landauer	den	Landauern
accusative	einen	den	Landauer	die	Landauer

Further reading

• Landauer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Landauer” in Duden online