Luther

See also: Lúther and luther

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈluːθə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈluθɚ/
• Rhymes: -uːθə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From German Luther.

Proper noun

Luther

1. Martin Luther, German monk and theologian whose teaching inspired the Reformation.
2. (chiefly US) A male given name transferred from the surname, originally in honor of Martin Luther.
3. A surname from German of English speakers who descend from German immigrants.
4. A city and town in Iowa.
5. A village in Michigan.
6. An unincorporated community in Montana.
7. A town in Oklahoma.

Derived terms

• Luther burger
• Luther rose
• Luther seal

Translations

Martin Luther

• Armenian: Լութեր (Lutʻer)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路德 (zh) (Lùdé)

• Esperanto: Lutero
• Faroese: Martin Luther m
• Finnish: Luther, Lutherus (archaic)
• Georgian: ლუთერი (luteri), მარტინ ლუთერი (marṭin luteri)
• German: Martin Luther
• Greek: Λουθήρος m (Louthíros)

  Ancient Greek: Λουθήρος m (Louthḗros)

• Icelandic: Marteinn Lúther, Marteinn Lúter
• Irish: Liútar m
• Italian: Martin Lutero m
• Latin: Martinus Lutherus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Martin Luther

  Nynorsk: Martin Luther

• Polish: Luter (pl) m
• Portuguese: Lutero (pt) m
• Russian: Лю́тер (ru) m (Ljúter), Ма́ртин Лю́тер m (Mártin Ljúter)
• Spanish: Lutero (es) m
• Swedish: Luther (sv)

Etymology 2

From Middle English luthier (“lute player”).

Proper noun

Luther

1. (rare) A surname originating as an occupation.

Further reading

• Luther on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• hurtle, lureth, ruleth

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Luther is the 2589^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13906 individuals. Luther is most common among White (88.13%) individuals.

German

Etymology

From Old High German Liutheri (given name), composed of liut (“people”) and heri (“army”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Liudiharjaz, from *liudiz + *harjaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlʊtɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈluːtɐ/ (less common)
• Rhymes: -ʊtɐ

Proper noun

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

1. a surname originating as a patronymic