Frankenberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Frankenberg.

Proper noun

Frankenberg (plural Frankenbergs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Frankenberg is the 34835^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 648 individuals. Frankenberg is most common among White (91.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Frankenberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 598.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁaŋkn̩ˌbɛʁk/

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• Hyphenation: Fran‧ken‧berg

Proper noun

Frankenberg n (proper noun, genitive Frankenbergs or (optionally with an article) Frankenberg)

1. any of several towns in Germany

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Frankenberg
genitive	des	Frankenbergs, Frankenberg1
dative	dem	Frankenberg
accusative	das	Frankenberg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Frankenberger
  • Frankenbergerin

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Frankenberg [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Frankenberg	(eine)	(die)	Frankenberg	(die)	Frankenbergs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Frankenbergs, Frankenberg1	(einer)	(der)	Frankenberg	(der)	Frankenbergs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Frankenberg	(einer)	(der)	Frankenberg	(den)	Frankenbergs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Frankenberg	(eine)	(die)	Frankenberg	(die)	Frankenbergs

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Franke, Frankenheim, Frankenfeld, Frankenstein, Frankenthal
• Berg, Berger, Bergmann
• Arenberg, Homberg, Löwenberg, Rosenberg, Steinberg
• Waldeck-Frankenberg