Pfingsten
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Pfingsten.
Proper noun edit
Pfingsten (plural Pfingstens)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Pfingsten is the 34390th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 659 individuals. Pfingsten is most common among White (95.75%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pfingsten”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German phingesten, from Old High German [Term?], from Late Latin pentēcostē, from Ancient Greek πεντηκοστή (pentēkostḗ). Cognate with Hunsrik Pingste.
Pronunciation edit
- (standard) IPA(key): /pfɪŋstən/, /pfɪŋstn̩/
- (often, in northern and central Germany) IPA(key): /fɪŋstən/, /fɪŋstn̩/
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Noun edit
Pfingsten n (strong, genitive Pfingsten, plural Pfingsten)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- Pfingstabend
- Pfingstbewegung
- Pfingstbrauch
- Pfingstfeiertag
- Pfingstfest
- Pfingstfeuer
- Pfingstgottesdienst
- Pfingstkirchler
- Pfingstler
- pfingstlerisch
- Pfingstmontag
- Pfingstnelke
- Pfingstochse
- Pfingstpartie
- Pfingstpredigt
- Pfingstrose
- Pfingstsonnabend
- Pfingstsonntag
- Pfingsttreffen
- Pfingstverkehr
- Pfingstwoche
- Pfingstwochenende
- Pfingstzeit