Rotenberg

English

Alternative forms

• Rotenberry

Etymology

• As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”).
• As a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenberg.

Proper noun

Rotenberg (plural Rotenbergs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Rotenberg is the 37993^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 584 individuals. Rotenberg is most common among White (97.77%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Rotenberg”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁoːtn̩ˌbɛʁk]
• Hyphenation: Ro‧ten‧berg

Proper noun

Rotenberg n (proper noun, genitive Rotenbergs or (optionally with an article) Rotenberg)

1. A part of the town of Rauenberg in Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
2. A village, part of the Untertürkheim district of the City of Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Rotenberg
genitive	des	Rotenbergs, Rotenberg1
dative	dem	Rotenberg
accusative	das	Rotenberg

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Rotenberger
  • Rotenbergerin

Related terms

• Rothenberg, Rottenberg, Rotenburg, Rothenburg, Rodenburg, Rottenburg
• Schwarzenberg, Weißenberg, Grünenberg

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Rotenberg [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Rotenberg	(eine)	(die)	Rotenberg	(die)	Rotenbergs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Rotenbergs, Rotenberg1	(einer)	(der)	Rotenberg	(der)	Rotenbergs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Rotenberg	(einer)	(der)	Rotenberg	(den)	Rotenbergs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Rotenberg	(eine)	(die)	Rotenberg	(die)	Rotenbergs

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Rothenburg, Rotenburg, Rothenberger, Rotenburger