Bamberger

English

Alternative forms

• Bumbarger

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bamberger, a habitational surname for someone from Bamberg, in Bavaria.

Proper noun

Bamberger (plural Bambergers)

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Bamberger rearrangement

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bamberger is the 22216^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1161 individuals. Bamberger is most common among White (90.18%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bamberger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 92.

German

Etymology

From Bamberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbambɛʁɡɐ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bam‧ber‧ger

Noun

Bamberger m (strong, genitive Bambergers, plural Bamberger, feminine Bambergerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Bamberg

Declension

Declension of Bamberger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bamberger	die	Bamberger
genitive	eines	des	Bambergers	der	Bamberger
dative	einem	dem	Bamberger	den	Bambergern
accusative	einen	den	Bamberger	die	Bamberger

Adjective

Bamberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Bamberg

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.

Related terms

• Arenberger, Arnsberger, Bensberger, Ebersberger, Gevelsberger, Königsberger

Proper noun

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

1. A surname transferred from the place name.

Declension

Declension of Bamberger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Bamberger	(eine)	(die)	Bamberger	(die)	Bambergers, Bamberger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Bambergers, Bamberger1	(einer)	(der)	Bamberger	(der)	Bambergers, Bamberger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Bamberger	(einer)	(der)	Bamberger	(den)	Bambergers, Bamberger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Bamberger	(eine)	(die)	Bamberger	(die)	Bambergers, Bamberger

¹With an article.