Bohrer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bohrer.

Proper noun

Bohrer (plural Bohrers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bohrer is the 10860^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2933 individuals. Bohrer is most common among White (95.5%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bohrer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 185.

German

Etymology

From bohren (“to bore, drill”) +‎ -er; compare Hunsrik Boher

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːʁɐ/

• Audio

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Noun

Bohrer m (strong, genitive Bohrers, plural Bohrer)

1. agent noun of bohren
   1. drill (tool)

Declension

Declension of Bohrer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bohrer	die	Bohrer
genitive	eines	des	Bohrers	der	Bohrer
dative	einem	dem	Bohrer	den	Bohrern
accusative	einen	den	Bohrer	die	Bohrer

Derived terms

• Bohrerin

Related terms

• bohren
• Bohrmaschine

Further reading

• “Bohrer” in Duden online
• “Bohrer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Bohrer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de