Schwarzentruber

German

Alternative forms

• Swartzentruber, Schwarzentrub

Etymology

From Schwarzentrub +‎ -er, literally “someone from Schwarzentrub”, referring to a place in the municipality of Trub in the Emmental region of the canton of Bern in Switzerland, from schwarz (“black”) +‎ Trub (“a place name”). The village of Trub is first mentioned in 1139 as Truoba. Most likely, the name stems from the small creek Trueb that is running though the village.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃvaɐ̯tsn̩ˌtʁuːbɐ]
• Hyphenation: Schwar‧zen‧tru‧ber

Proper noun

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

1. a surname (from Switzerland)

Related terms

• Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenegger
• Schwarzhaupt, Schwarzkopf