Bernauer
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Bernauer.
Proper noun
Bernauer (plural Bernauers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bernauer is the 41579th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Bernauer is most common among White (94.84%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bernauer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 145.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛʁnaʊ̯ɐ]
- Hyphenation: Ber‧nau‧er
Audio: (file)
Noun
Bernauer m (strong, genitive Bernauers, plural Bernauer, feminine Bernauerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Bernau
Declension
Declension of Bernauer [masculine, strong]
Adjective
Bernauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) Bernau
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
Bernauer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bernauers or (with an article) Bernauer, feminine genitive Bernauer, plural Bernauers or Bernauer)
- a surname