Eisenberger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Eisenberger.

Proper noun

Eisenberger (plural Eisenbergers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eisenberger is the 34835^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 648 individuals. Eisenberger is most common among White (95.52%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From Eisenberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɪ̯zənbɛʁɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ei‧sen‧ber‧ger

Noun

Eisenberger m (strong, genitive Eisenbergers, plural Eisenberger, feminine Eisenbergerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Eisenberg

Declension

Declension of Eisenberger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Eisenberger	die	Eisenberger
genitive	eines	des	Eisenbergers	der	Eisenberger
dative	einem	dem	Eisenberger	den	Eisenbergern
accusative	einen	den	Eisenberger	die	Eisenberger

Adjective

Eisenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Eisenberg

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

• Eisenacher, Eisenbacher, Eisenhüttenstädter, Hüttenberger
• Burberger, Lauterberger, Steinberger

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Related terms

• Eisenhauer, Eisenmann, Eisenstein, Kalteisen
• Bamberger, Fuchsberger, Frankenberger, Steinberger