Hirschhorn

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hirschhorn, a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.

Proper noun

Hirschhorn (plural Hirschhorns)

1. hartshorn
2. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hirschhorn is the 39607^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 555 individuals. Hirschhorn is most common among White (94.41%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hirschhorn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 183.

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, Hirsch +‎ Horn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɪʁʃˌhɔʁn]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Hirsch‧horn

Proper noun

Hirschhorn n (proper noun, genitive Hirschhorns or (optionally with an article) Hirschhorn)

1. A town in Bergstraße district, Hesse, Germany
2. A municipality of Kaiserslautern district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
3. Any of several smaller places in Germany and Switzerland.

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Hirschhorn
genitive	des	Hirschhorns, Hirschhorn1
dative	dem	Hirschhorn
accusative	das	Hirschhorn

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Hirschhorner
  • Hirschhornerin

Related terms

• Hirschbach, Hirschfeld, Hirschland, Hirschlach, Hirschau, Hirschstein
• Beinhorn, Elmshorn, Nordhorn, Krummhörn, Quickborn

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Hirschhorn [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Hirschhorn	(eine)	(die)	Hirschhorn	(die)	Hirschhorns
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Hirschhorns, Hirschhorn1	(einer)	(der)	Hirschhorn	(der)	Hirschhorns
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Hirschhorn	(einer)	(der)	Hirschhorn	(den)	Hirschhorns
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Hirschhorn	(eine)	(die)	Hirschhorn	(die)	Hirschhorns

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Hirsche, Hirschfelder, Hirschfeld, Hirschbach, Hirschkopf, Hirschhausen, Hirschmann