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Steinberger

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English

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Noun

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Steinberger (countable and uncountable, plural Steinbergers)

  1. A white wine from Steinberg, Kloster Eberbach.

Proper noun

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Steinberger (plural Steinbergers)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Steinberger is the 15907th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1827 individuals. Steinberger is most common among White (96.22%) individuals.

See also

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtaɪ̯nˌbɛʁɡɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Stein‧ber‧ger

Noun

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Steinberger m (strong, genitive Steinbergers, plural Steinberger, feminine Steinbergerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Steinberg

Declension

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Adjective

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Steinberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) Steinberg

Usage notes

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  • Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.
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Proper noun

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 Steinberger on German Wikipedia
Distribution of Steinbergers in Germany

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

  1. a surname

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