Ehrenberger

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ehrenberger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛɦrɛnbɛrɡɛr]

Proper noun

Ehrenberger m anim (female equivalent Ehrenbergerová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Ehrenberger (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ehrenberger	Ehrenbergerové
genitive	Ehrenbergera	Ehrenbergerů
dative	Ehrenbergerovi	Ehrenbergerům
accusative	Ehrenbergera	Ehrenbergery
vocative	Ehrenbergere	Ehrenbergerové
locative	Ehrenbergerovi	Ehrenbergerech
instrumental	Ehrenbergerem	Ehrenbergery

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From Ehrenberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeːʁənˌbɛɐ̯ɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: Eh‧ren‧ber‧ger

Noun

Ehrenberger m (strong, genitive Ehrenbergers, plural Ehrenberger, feminine Ehrenbergerin)

1. A native or resident of Ehrenberg

Declension

Declension of Ehrenberger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ehrenberger	die	Ehrenberger
genitive	eines	des	Ehrenbergers	der	Ehrenberger
dative	einem	dem	Ehrenberger	den	Ehrenbergern
accusative	einen	den	Ehrenberger	die	Ehrenberger

Adjective

Ehrenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Ehrenberg

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Ehrenberger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Ehrenberger	(eine)	(die)	Ehrenberger	(die)	Ehrenbergers, Ehrenberger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Ehrenbergers, Ehrenberger1	(einer)	(der)	Ehrenberger	(der)	Ehrenbergers, Ehrenberger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Ehrenberger	(einer)	(der)	Ehrenberger	(den)	Ehrenbergers, Ehrenberger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Ehrenberger	(eine)	(die)	Ehrenberger	(die)	Ehrenbergers, Ehrenberger

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Ehrenbacher, Ehrenburger, Ehrenkirchener, Ehrensteiner
• Berger, Bamberger, Frankenberger, Rothenberger, Schönberger, Steinberger