Kantor

See also: kantor, kántor, Kántor, käntor, kȧntor, and kantór

English

Etymology

Jewish, Hungarian (Kántor), Slovak (Kántor), German, Czech, and Serbo-Croatian surname, from the noun cantor.

Proper noun

Kantor (plural Kantors)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Kantor is the 8322nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3982 individuals. Kantor is most common among White (95.2%) individuals.

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From kantor (“cantor”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkantor]

Proper noun

Kantor m anim (female equivalent Kantorová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Kantor (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Kantor Kantorové
genitive Kantora Kantorů
dative Kantorovi Kantorům
accusative Kantora Kantory
vocative Kantore Kantorové
locative Kantorovi Kantorech
instrumental Kantorem Kantory

Further reading

  • “Kantor”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkantoːɐ̯/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Kantor m (mixed, genitive Kantors, plural Kantoren, feminine Kantorin)

  1. cantor
    • 1908, Pauline Wengeroff, Memoiren einer Grossmutter‎[1], volume I, Berlin: M. Poppelauer:
      Der Kantor stimmte ein Gebet an, sagte Kadisch (das übliche Totengebet), und der große Kondukt setzte sich in Bewegung.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Kantor [masculine, mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kantor die Kantoren
genitive eines des Kantors der Kantoren
dative einem dem Kantor den Kantoren
accusative einen den Kantor die Kantoren

Further reading

  • “Kantor” in Duden online
  • “Kantor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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