Witten

See also: witten

English

Proper noun

Witten (plural Wittens)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Witten is the 11631^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2695 individuals. Witten is most common among White (86.35%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Newitt, went it

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as withen in 1294. Etymology unknown. Potentially derived from the dative plural form of wit (“white”), used here to designate a settlement built on white sand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪ.tə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Wit‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɪtən
• Homophone: witten

Proper noun

Witten n

1. a hamlet in Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

German Wikipedia has an article on:

Witten

Wikipedia ^de

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɪtʰən]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Wit‧ten

Proper noun

Witten n (proper noun, genitive Wittens or (optionally with an article) Witten)

1. a town and municipality of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Witten
genitive	des	Wittens, Witten1
dative	dem	Witten
accusative	das	Witten

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Wittener