Sandberg

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from German Sandberg, a habitational surname from a village in Bavaria.
• Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Sandberg, an ornamental surname composed of the elements sand (“sand”) and berg (“mountain”).

Proper noun

Sandberg (plural Sandbergs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sandberg is the 4210^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8416 individuals. Sandberg is most common among White (95.13%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Sand +‎ Berg

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzantˌbɛʁk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Sand‧berg

Noun

Sandberg m (strong, genitive Sandberges or Sandbergs, plural Sandberge)

1. mountain of sand

Declension

Declension of Sandberg [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sandberg	die	Sandberge
genitive	eines	des	Sandberges, Sandbergs	der	Sandberge
dative	einem	dem	Sandberg, Sandberge1	den	Sandbergen
accusative	einen	den	Sandberg	die	Sandberge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Sandberg” in Duden online

Swedish

Etymology

From sand (“sand”) + berg (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Sandberg c (genitive Sandbergs)

1. a surname

Anagrams

• bergands, bragdens