Reichenberger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reichenberger.

Proper noun

Reichenberger (plural Reichenbergers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Reichenberger is the 36099^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Reichenberger is most common among White (93.88%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From Reichenberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁaɪ̯çn̩ˌbɛʁɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛʁɡɐ
• Hyphenation: Rei‧chen‧ber‧ger

Noun

Reichenberger m (strong, genitive Reichenbergers, plural Reichenberger, feminine Reichenbergerin)

1. A native or resident of Reichenberg

Declension

Declension of Reichenberger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Reichenberger	die	Reichenberger
genitive	eines	des	Reichenbergers	der	Reichenberger
dative	einem	dem	Reichenberger	den	Reichenbergern
accusative	einen	den	Reichenberger	die	Reichenberger

Hypernyms

• Mitteleuropäer

Adjective

Reichenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Reichenberg

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.

Proper noun

 Reichenberger on German Wikipedia

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Reichenberger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Reichenberger	(eine)	(die)	Reichenberger	(die)	Reichenbergers, Reichenberger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Reichenbergers, Reichenberger1	(einer)	(der)	Reichenberger	(der)	Reichenbergers, Reichenberger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Reichenberger	(einer)	(der)	Reichenberger	(den)	Reichenbergers, Reichenberger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Reichenberger	(eine)	(die)	Reichenberger	(die)	Reichenbergers, Reichenberger

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Reichenberg, Reichensperger, Reichenbacher, Reichenfelder, Reichensteiner
• Berger, Altenberger, Bamberger, Dornberger
• Herberger, Rothenberger, Steinberger, Wildberger, Weinberger