Landsberg

English

Etymology

Habitational surname borrowed from German Landsberg.

Proper noun

Landsberg (plural Landsbergs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Landsberg is the 34707^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 651 individuals. Landsberg is most common among White (95.85%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Landsberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 389.

German

Etymology

From Land (“land”) +‎ -s- +‎ Berg (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlant͡sbɛʁk/

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• Hyphenation: Lands‧berg

Proper noun

Landsberg n (proper noun, genitive Landsbergs or (optionally with an article) Landsberg)

1. A town in Upper Bavaria, Bavaria. Official name: Landsberg am Lech
2. A rural district of Upper Bavaria, Bavaria. Official name: Landkreis Landsberg am Lech
3. A town in Saalekreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, near Halle. Official name: Stadt Landsberg

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Landsberg
genitive	des	Landsbergs, Landsberg1
dative	dem	Landsberg
accusative	das	Landsberg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Landsberger
  • Landsbergerin

Related terms

• Landberg, Landesbergen

Proper noun

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

1. a toponymic surname

Declension

Declension of Landsberg [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Landsberg	(eine)	(die)	Landsberg	(die)	Landsbergs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Landsbergs, Landsberg1	(einer)	(der)	Landsberg	(der)	Landsbergs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Landsberg	(einer)	(der)	Landsberg	(den)	Landsbergs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Landsberg	(eine)	(die)	Landsberg	(die)	Landsbergs

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Landberg, Landesberg, Lansberg, Lanzberg
• Landsberger, Landsburg, Landenberg

Further reading

• “Landsberg a. Lech” in Duden online