Metzinger

English

Proper noun

Metzinger (plural Metzingers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Metzinger is the 26313^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 928 individuals. Metzinger is most common among White (96.98%) individuals.

German

Etymology

From Metzingen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛt͡sɪŋɐ]
• Hyphenation: Met‧zin‧ger

Noun

Metzinger m (strong, genitive Metzingers, plural Metzinger, feminine Metzingerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Metzingen

Declension

Declension of Metzinger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Metzinger	die	Metzinger
genitive	eines	des	Metzingers	der	Metzinger
dative	einem	dem	Metzinger	den	Metzingern
accusative	einen	den	Metzinger	die	Metzinger

Adjective

Metzinger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Metzingen

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.

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Related terms

• Matzinger, Menzinger, Munzinger, Menninger
• Watzinger, Ratzinger, Kitzinger, Kissinger