Lauterbach

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lauterbach.

Proper noun

Lauterbach (plural Lauterbaches)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Lauterbach is the 15099^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1954 individuals. Lauterbach is most common among White (96.47%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lauterbach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 404.

German

Etymology

From lauter in its oldest sense “clean, clear” + Bach (“brook, stream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊ̯tɐˌbax/

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• Hyphenation: Lau‧ter‧bach

Proper noun

der Lauterbach m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Lauterbachs)

1. A right tributary of the Werra, Wartburgkreis district, Thuringia
2. A left tributary of the Schiltach, Rottweil district, Baden-Württemberg

Proper noun

Lauterbach n (proper noun, genitive Lauterbachs or (optionally with an article) Lauterbach)

1. A town, the administrative seat of Vogelsbergkreis district, Hesse. Official name: Lauterbach (Hessen)
2. A municipality of Rottweil district, Baden-Württemberg
3. A municipality of Wartburgkreis district, Thuringia

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Lauterbach
genitive	des	Lauterbachs, Lauterbach1
dative	dem	Lauterbach
accusative	das	Lauterbach

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Lauterbacher
  • Lauterbacherin

Proper noun

Distribution of Lauterbachs in Germany

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

1. a surname transferred from the place name

Declension

Declension of Lauterbach [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Lauterbach	(eine)	(die)	Lauterbach	(die)	Lauterbachs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Lauterbachs, Lauterbach1	(einer)	(der)	Lauterbach	(der)	Lauterbachs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Lauterbach	(einer)	(der)	Lauterbach	(den)	Lauterbachs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Lauterbach	(eine)	(die)	Lauterbach	(die)	Lauterbachs

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Lauter, Bach, Bacher, Bachmann, Bachmüller
• Achenbach, Auerbach, Baumbach, Burbach, Erbach, Frambach, Limbach, Reichenbach, Schönbach, Seebach, Steinbach