Genter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Genter.

Proper noun

Genter (plural Genters)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Genter is the 34032^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 668 individuals. Genter is most common among White (92.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Genter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 30.

Anagrams

• regent, Engert, gerent, Tenger, Regent

German

Etymology

From Gent +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɛntɐ]
• Hyphenation: Gen‧ter

Noun

Genter m (strong, genitive Genters, plural Genter, feminine Genterin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Ghent

Declension

Declension of Genter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Genter	die	Genter
genitive	eines	des	Genters	der	Genter
dative	einem	dem	Genter	den	Gentern
accusative	einen	den	Genter	die	Genter

Hypernyms

• Flame
  • Belgier

Adjective

Genter (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Ghent

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.