Thunberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Thunberg.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθʌnˌbɜːɡ/, /ˈtuːnˌbɜːɡ/, /ˈθuːnˌbɜːɡ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθʌnˌbɜɹɡ/, /ˈtunˌbɜɹɡ/, /ˈθunˌbɜɹɡ/
• Hyphenation: Thun‧berg

Proper noun

Thunberg (plural Thunbergs)

1. A surname from Swedish.
   • 2020 January 23, Philip Bump, “Mnuchin said Thunberg needed to study economics before offering climate proposals. So we talked to an economist.”, in Washington Post:

     Mnuchin, asked about climate change in a CNBC interview after his comments about Thunberg, argued there were bigger issues that also needed to be addressed. When a host noted clean air rules as an example of something that might be more urgent, Mnuchin ignored the interjection.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thunberg is the 55841^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 367 individuals. Thunberg is most common among White (90.46%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Tunberg

Etymology

From tun (“courtyard; fence”) +‎ berg (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʉ̂ːnbærj/

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Proper noun

Thunberg c (genitive Thunbergs)

1. a Swedish surname

   Carl Peter Thunberg, b. 1743

Descendants

• Translingual: Thunb., Thunbergia, thunbergii, thunbergi
• English: Thunberg
• Latin: Thunbergius