Ranft

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ranft.

Proper noun

Ranft (plural Ranfts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ranft is the 39352^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 559 individuals. Ranft is most common among White (93.92%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ranft”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German ranft, from Old High German ramft.

Noun

Ranft m (strong, genitive Ranftes or Ranfts, plural Ränfte)

1. (Baden, Switzerland) crust (of bread)

   Synonyms: Brotkruste, Brotrinde

2. (Saxony) heel (of bread)

   Synonyms: Brotkanten, Knust

Declension

Declension of Ranft [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ranft	die	Ränfte
genitive	eines	des	Ranftes, Ranfts	der	Ränfte
dative	einem	dem	Ranft, Ranfte1	den	Ränften
accusative	einen	den	Ranft	die	Ränfte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Renftel

Further reading

• “Ranft” in Duden online