Meininger
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from German Meininger.
Proper noun
Meininger (plural Meiningers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Meininger is the 30665th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 760 individuals. Meininger is most common among White (95.39%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Meininger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 568.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Meininger m (strong, genitive Meiningers, plural Meininger, feminine Meiningerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Meiningen
Declension
Declension of Meininger
Adjective
Meininger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Meiningen
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
Meininger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Meiningers or (with an article) Meininger, feminine genitive Meininger, plural Meiningers or Meininger)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Meininger
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Meininger | (eine) | (die) | Meininger | (die) | Meiningers, Meininger |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Meiningers, Meininger1 | (einer) | (der) | Meininger | (der) | Meiningers, Meininger |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Meininger | (einer) | (der) | Meininger | (den) | Meiningers, Meininger |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Meininger | (eine) | (die) | Meininger | (die) | Meiningers, Meininger |
1With an article.