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English
Proper noun
Leininger (plural Leiningers)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Leininger is the 7021st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4765 individuals. Leininger is most common among White (95.55%) individuals.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Leiningen + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: Lei‧nin‧ger
Noun
Leininger m (strong, genitive Leiningers, plural Leininger, feminine Leiningerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Leiningen
Declension
Adjective
Leininger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Leiningen
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.
Proper noun
Leininger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Leiningers or (with an article) Leininger, feminine genitive Leininger, plural Leiningers or Leininger)
- a surname
Declension