Wagenknecht

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wagenknecht.

Proper noun

Wagenknecht (plural Wagenknechts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wagenknecht is the 38332^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Wagenknecht is most common among White (96.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wagenknecht”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Regional distribution of the surname Wagenknecht in Germany in 2005 (by number of telephone mainlines)

Etymology

By surface analysis, Wagen +‎ Knecht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaːɡŋ̍ˌknɛçt], /ˈvaːɡənˌknɛçt/
• Hyphenation: Wa‧gen‧knecht

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Related terms

• Wagener, Wagner, Waag
• Schildknecht, Liebknecht, Ruprecht