Landsberg

English

Etymology

Habitational surname borrowed from German Landsberg.

Proper noun

Landsberg (plural Landsbergs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Landsberg is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Landsberg is most common among White (95.85%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Landsberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 389.

German

Etymology

Land (“land”) +‎ -s- +‎ Berg (“mountain”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlant͡sbɛʁk/

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• Hyphenation: Lands‧berg

Proper noun

Landsberg n (proper noun, genitive Landsbergs or (optionally with an article) Landsberg)

1. A town in Upper Bavaria, Bavaria. Official name: Landsberg am Lech
2. A rural district of Upper Bavaria, Bavaria
3. A town in Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, near Halle. Official name: Landsberg (Saalekreis)

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Landsberg
genitive	des	Landsbergs, Landsberg1
dative	dem	Landsberg
accusative	das	Landsberg

¹Optionally with an article.

Proper noun

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

1. a toponymic surname

Further reading

• “Landsberg a. Lech” in Duden online