Kissinger

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪsənd͡ʒə(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪsənd͡ʒɚ/

Proper noun

Kissinger (plural Kissingers)

A surname.

Derived terms

Translations

surname

Arabic: كِيسِنْجِر m (kīsinjir)
Armenian: Քիսինջեր (Kʻisinǰer)
Azerbaijan: Kissincer
Belarusian: Кі́сінджэр m or f (Kísindžer), Кі́сінгер m or f (Kísinhjer)
Bengali: কিসিঞ্জার (kiśinjar)
Bulgarian: Ки́синджър m or f (Kísindžǎr), Ки́сингер m or f (Kísinger)
Burmese: ကစ်ဆင်းဂျား (kachcang:gya:)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 基辛格 (gei¹ san¹ gaak³)

Mandarin: 基辛格 (zh) (Jīxīngé)
French: Kissinger
Georgian: კისინჯერი (ḳisinǯeri)
German: Kissinger
Greek: Κίσινγκερ (el) m or f (Kísingker)
Hebrew: קיסינג׳ר m (kisinjer)
Hindi: किसिंजर m or f (kisiñjar)
Italian: Kissinger
Japanese: キッシンジャー (Kisshinjā)
Korean: 키신저 (kisinjeo)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: کیسینجەر (kîsîncer)
Latvian: Kisindžers
Lithuanian: Kisindžeris
Macedonian: Ки́синџер m or f (Kísindžer), Ки́сингер m or f (Kísinger)
Malayalam: കിസിഞ്ജർ (kisiñjaṟ)
Mongolian: Ки́ссинжер (Kíssinžer)
Nepali: किसिन्जर (kisinjar)
Pashto: کېسنجر (kesinjər)
Persian: کیسینجر (kisinjer)
Portuguese: Kissinger
Punjabi: ਕਿਸਿੰਜਰ (kisiñjar)
Romanian: Kissinger
Russian: Ки́ссинджер (ru) m or f (Kíssindžer), Ки́ссингер m or f (Kíssinger)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Кисинџер, Кисингер

Roman: Kisindžer, Kisinger
Spanish: Kissinger
Tamil: கிசிஞ்சர் (kiciñcar)
Telugu: కిసింజర్ (kisiñjar)
Thai: คิสซินเจอร์ (kít-sin-jəə)
Turkish: Kissinger
Ukrainian: Кі́ссінджер m or f (Kíssindžer), Кі́ссінгер m or f (Kíssinher), Кі́ссінґер m or f (Kíssinger)
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} کسنجر (kisinjer)
Uzbek: Kissinjer
Vietnamese: Kissinger
Yiddish: קיסינגער (kisinger)

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Kissinger is the 5390^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6455 individuals. Kissinger is most common among White (95.2%) individuals.

German

Etymology

From Kissingen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkɪsɪŋɐ]
Hyphenation: Kis‧sin‧ger

Noun

Kissinger m (strong, genitive Kissingers, plural Kissinger, feminine Kissingerin)

A native or resident of Kissingen

Declension

Declension of Kissinger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kissinger	die	Kissinger
genitive	eines	des	Kissingers	der	Kissinger
dative	einem	dem	Kissinger	den	Kissingern
accusative	einen	den	Kissinger	die	Kissinger

Adjective

Kissinger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

(relational) of Kissingen

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

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

a surname

Declension

Declension of Kissinger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Kissinger	(eine)	(die)	Kissinger	(die)	Kissingers, Kissinger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Kissingers, Kissinger¹	(einer)	(der)	Kissinger	(der)	Kissingers, Kissinger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Kissinger	(einer)	(der)	Kissinger	(den)	Kissingers, Kissinger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Kissinger	(eine)	(die)	Kissinger	(die)	Kissingers, Kissinger

¹With an article.

Related terms

Kiesinger, Kitzinger, Killinger, Ratzinger, Watzinger
Münsinger, Ensinger, Sallinger, Worringer