Mendelssohn

English

Proper noun

Mendelssohn (plural Mendelssohns)

1. Alternative spelling of Mendelson

German

Alternative forms

• Mendelsohn, Mendelsson

Etymology

From Yiddish מענדעלסאָן (mendelson, literally “son of Mendl”), a patronymic surname from מענדל (mendl, literally “little man”), a diminutive from מאַן (man, “man”) +‎ ⸚דל (⸚dl, suffix forming diminutive nouns), used hypocoristically and suppletively for Hebrew מְנַחֵם (Mənaḥēm, “Menahem, Menachem”, literally “he comforts, consoles”). By surface analysis, Mendel +‎ -s- +‎ Sohn. Compare English Menachem Mendel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛndəlszoːn/, [ˈmɛndl̩szoːn]

Proper noun

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

1. an originally Jewish surname from Yiddish, equivalent to English Mendelson
   1. Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), noted early Romantic composer

Declension

Declension of Mendelssohn [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Mendelssohn	(eine)	(die)	Mendelssohn	(die)	Mendelssohns
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Mendelssohns, Mendelssohn1	(einer)	(der)	Mendelssohn	(der)	Mendelssohns
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Mendelssohn	(einer)	(der)	Mendelssohn	(den)	Mendelssohns
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Mendelssohn	(eine)	(die)	Mendelssohn	(die)	Mendelssohns

¹With an article.

Descendants

• English: → Mendelson, ⇒ Mendelssohnian, ⇒ Mendelssohnic
• ⇒ French: mendelssohnien

Further reading

• Mendelssohn (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mendelssohn (Familienname) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Mendelsohn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de