Eisenbach

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Eisenbach, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Proper noun

Eisenbach (plural Eisenbachs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eisenbach is the 37993^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 584 individuals. Eisenbach is most common among White (95.21%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eisenbach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 518.

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, Eisen +‎ Bach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪ̯zənbax/
• Hyphenation: Ei‧sen‧bach

Proper noun

der Eisenbach m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Eisenbachs)

1. Any of a large number of tributaries across Germany

Proper noun

Eisenbach n (proper noun, genitive Eisenbachs or (optionally with an article) Eisenbach)

1. Eisenbach (a town in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
2. Any of a number of smaller places across Germany and Luxembourg

Declension

Declension of Eisenbach [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Eisenbach
genitive	des	Eisenbachs, Eisenbach1
dative	dem	Eisenbach
accusative	das	Eisenbach

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Eisenbacher
  • Eisenbacherin

Related terms

• Eisenau, Eisenach, Eisenberg, Eisenhüttenstadt
• Burbach, Medebach, Steinbach

Proper noun

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

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Declension

Declension of Eisenbach [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Eisenbach	(eine)	(die)	Eisenbach	(die)	Eisenbachs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Eisenbachs, Eisenbach1	(einer)	(der)	Eisenbach	(der)	Eisenbachs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Eisenbach	(einer)	(der)	Eisenbach	(den)	Eisenbachs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Eisenbach	(eine)	(die)	Eisenbach	(die)	Eisenbachs

¹With an article.