Bernauer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bernauer.

Proper noun

Bernauer (plural Bernauers)

  1. 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

German

Etymology

From Bernau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɛʁnaʊ̯ɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Ber‧nau‧er
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Bernauer m (strong, genitive Bernauers, plural Bernauer, feminine Bernauerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Bernau

Declension

Adjective

Bernauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (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.

Proper noun

Bernauer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bernauers or (with an article) Bernauer, feminine genitive Bernauer, plural Bernauers or Bernauer)

  1. a surname