Gutenberg

English

Etymology

From German Gutenberg.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡutn̩ˌbɝɡ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːtn̩ˌbɜːɡ/, /ˈɡʊtn̩-/
• Hyphenation: Gu‧ten‧berg

Proper noun

Gutenberg

1. A habitational surname from German.
2. A metonym for a person
   1. Johannes Gutenberg, a German printer who developed European movable type.
3. A placename.
   1. A lunar crater.
   2. A locale in Germany
      1. A castle in Germany
      2. A village in Germany, renamed after the castle
      3. A municipality of Germany, named after the castle and village
4. Ellipsis of Gutenberg Bible., the first mass production printing project of the Gutenberg press
5. Ellipsis of Project Gutenberg., a digital library founded in 1971.

Translations

surname

• Armenian: Գուտենբերգ (Gutenberg)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 古登堡 (zh) (Gǔdēngbǎo), 古騰堡 / 古腾堡 (Gǔténgbǎo)

• German: Gutenberg
• Japanese: グーテンベルク (Gūtenberuku)
• Marathi: गुटेनबर्ग (guṭenbarga), गुटेनबेर्क (guṭenberka)
• Russian: Гутенбе́рг (ru) m or f (Gutɛnbérg)

See also

• Project Gutenberg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gutenberg (crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

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By surface analysis, gut +‎ -en- +‎ Berg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡuːtənˌbɛʁk]
• Hyphenation: Gu‧ten‧berg

Proper noun

Gutenberg n (proper noun, genitive Gutenbergs or (optionally with an article) Gutenberg)

1. A placename
   1. A locale in Germany
      1. A municipality of Germany, named after the castle and village
      2. A castle, formerly named Weitersheim, renamed when it was renovated in the 12th century to the modern name, in the modern eponymous municipality
      3. A village, formerly named Weitersheim, renamed after the castle in the 15th century, in the modern eponymous municipality
   2. A castle in Liechtenstein
   3. A village in Austria; Former name of Gutenberg an der Raabklamm.

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Gutenberg
genitive	des	Gutenbergs, Gutenberg1
dative	dem	Gutenberg
accusative	das	Gutenberg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Gutenberger
  • Gutenbergerin

Related terms

• Gutenstein, Gutenbrunn, Gutenborn
• Arenberg, Hohenberg, Reichenberg, Tannenberg

Proper noun

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

1. a habitational surname

Declension

Declension of Gutenberg [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Gutenberg	(eine)	(die)	Gutenberg	(die)	Gutenbergs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Gutenbergs, Gutenberg1	(einer)	(der)	Gutenberg	(der)	Gutenbergs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Gutenberg	(einer)	(der)	Gutenberg	(den)	Gutenbergs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Gutenberg	(eine)	(die)	Gutenberg	(die)	Gutenbergs

¹With an article.

Descendants

• English: Gutenberg

See also

• Guttenberg
• Guttenburg
• Gutenburg