Blankenstein

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblaŋkɛnstɛɪn]

Proper noun

Blankenstein m anim (female equivalent Blankensteinová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Blankenstein (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Blankenstein	Blankensteinové
genitive	Blankensteina	Blankensteinů
dative	Blankensteinovi	Blankensteinům
accusative	Blankensteina	Blankensteiny
vocative	Blankensteine	Blankensteinové
locative	Blankensteinovi	Blankensteinech
instrumental	Blankensteinem	Blankensteiny

Further reading

• “Blankenstein”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, blank (“bright; shining”) +‎ -en- +‎ Stein (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblaŋkn̩ˌʃtaɪ̯n], /ˈblaŋkənˌʃtaɪ̯n/
• Hyphenation: Blan‧ken‧stein

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Blankenstein [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Blankenstein	(eine)	(die)	Blankenstein	(die)	Blankensteins
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Blankensteins, Blankenstein1	(einer)	(der)	Blankenstein	(der)	Blankensteins
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Blankenstein	(einer)	(der)	Blankenstein	(den)	Blankensteins
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Blankenstein	(eine)	(die)	Blankenstein	(die)	Blankensteins

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Bernstein, Eisenstein
• Feuerstein, Frankenstein, Hohenstein