Wesenberg

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wesenberg.

Proper noun

Wesenberg (plural Wesenbergs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wesenberg is the 38754^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 570 individuals. Wesenberg is most common among White (96.49%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Possibly from a Middle Low German partial calque of Old Estonian *Tarvanpää, the historical name for modern Rakvere (see modern Estonian tarvas, pea). Equivalent to Wisent +‎ Berg.

Proper noun

Wesenberg n (proper noun, genitive Wesenbergs or (optionally with an article) Wesenberg)

1. (historical) Rakvere (a town in Lääne-Viru County, Estonia)

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Wesenberg
genitive	des	Wesenbergs, Wesenberg1
dative	dem	Wesenberg
accusative	das	Wesenberg

¹Optionally with an article.