Hirschberg

English

Alternative forms

• Hirshberg

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hirschberg.

Proper noun

Hirschberg (plural Hirschbergs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hirschberg is the 31412^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 737 individuals. Hirschberg is most common among White (96.2%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hirschberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 182.

German

Etymology

From Hirsch +‎ Berg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɪʁʃˌbɛʁk]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hirsch‧berg

Proper noun

Hirschberg n (proper noun, genitive Hirschbergs or (optionally with an article) Hirschberg)

1. A town in Saale-Orla-Kreis district, Thuringia, Germany
2. A municipality of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
3. A municipality of Rhein-Lahn-Kreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
4. Jelenia Góra (a city in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland)
5. Any of a number of smaller places in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and some other countries in Europe.

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Hirschberg
genitive	des	Hirschbergs, Hirschberg1
dative	dem	Hirschberg
accusative	das	Hirschberg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Hirschberger
  • Hirschbergerin

Related terms

• Hirschbach, Hirschfeld, Hirschfelde, Hirschfelden, Hirschfeldau, Hirschstein
• Bergstein, Arenberg, Bensberg, Frankenberg, Gevelsberg, Heinsberg, Schönberg, Steinberg

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Hirschberg [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Hirschberg	(eine)	(die)	Hirschberg	(die)	Hirschbergs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Hirschbergs, Hirschberg1	(einer)	(der)	Hirschberg	(der)	Hirschbergs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Hirschberg	(einer)	(der)	Hirschberg	(den)	Hirschbergs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Hirschberg	(eine)	(die)	Hirschberg	(die)	Hirschbergs

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Hirschberger, Hirschfelder, Hirschfeld, Hirschbach, Hirschkopf, Hirschhausen, Hirschmeier, Hirschmann
• Berg, Bergmann, Berghoff, Arenberg, Amsberg, Osterberg, Schönberg, Steinberg