Mendelssohn
English
editProper noun
editMendelssohn (plural Mendelssohns)
- Alternative spelling of Mendelson
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Yiddish מענדעלסאָן (mendelson, literally “son of Mendl”), a patronymic surname from מענדל (mendl, literally “little man”), a diminutive from מאַן (man, “man”) + ⸚דל (⸚dl, suffix forming diminutive nouns), used hypocoristically and suppletively for Hebrew מְנַחֵם (Mənaḥēm, “Menahem, Menachem”, literally “he comforts, consoles”). By surface analysis, Mendel + -s- + Sohn. Compare English Menachem Mendel.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMendelssohn m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Mendelssohns or (with an article) Mendelssohn, feminine genitive Mendelssohn, plural Mendelssohns)
- an originally Jewish surname from Yiddish, equivalent to English Mendelson
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), noted early Romantic composer
Declension
editDeclension of Mendelssohn [masculine // feminine, surname]
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indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Mendelssohn | (eine) | (die) | Mendelssohn | (die) | Mendelssohns |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Mendelssohns, Mendelssohn1 | (einer) | (der) | Mendelssohn | (der) | Mendelssohns |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Mendelssohn | (einer) | (der) | Mendelssohn | (den) | Mendelssohns |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Mendelssohn | (eine) | (die) | Mendelssohn | (die) | Mendelssohns |
1With an article.
Descendants
edit- English: → Mendelson, ⇒ Mendelssohnian, ⇒ Mendelssohnic
- ⇒ French: mendelssohnien
Further reading
edit- Mendelssohn (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mendelssohn (Familienname) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Mendelsohn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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