Bamberger
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Bamberger, a habitational surname for someone from Bamberg, in Bavaria.
Proper noun
Bamberger (plural Bambergers)
- A surname from German.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bamberger is the 22216th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1161 individuals. Bamberger is most common among White (90.18%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bamberger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 92.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Bamberger m (strong, genitive Bambergers, plural Bamberger, feminine Bambergerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Bamberg
Declension
Declension of Bamberger
Adjective
Bamberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
Usage notes
- 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.
Related terms
Proper noun
Bamberger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bambergers or (with an article) Bamberger, feminine genitive Bamberger, plural Bambergers or Bamberger)
- a surname transferred from the place name.
Declension
Declension of Bamberger
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Bamberger | (eine) | (die) | Bamberger | (die) | Bambergers, Bamberger |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Bambergers, Bamberger1 | (einer) | (der) | Bamberger | (der) | Bambergers, Bamberger |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Bamberger | (einer) | (der) | Bamberger | (den) | Bambergers, Bamberger |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Bamberger | (eine) | (die) | Bamberger | (die) | Bambergers, Bamberger |
1With an article.