Hanauer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hanauer.

Proper noun

Hanauer (plural Hanauers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hanauer is the 41728^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 521 individuals. Hanauer is most common among White (97.12%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hanauer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 123.

German

Etymology

From Hanau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaːnaʊ̯ɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ha‧nau‧er

Noun

Hanauer m (strong, genitive Hanauers, plural Hanauer, feminine Hanauerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Hanau

Declension

Declension of Hanauer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hanauer	die	Hanauer
genitive	eines	des	Hanauers	der	Hanauer
dative	einem	dem	Hanauer	den	Hanauern
accusative	einen	den	Hanauer	die	Hanauer

Adjective

Hanauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Hanau

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

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

1. a surname

Related terms

• Adenauer, Hauer, Lindauer, Steinauer, Schongauer