Leininger

English

Proper noun

Leininger (plural Leiningers)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Leininger is the 7021st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4765 individuals. Leininger is most common among White (95.55%) individuals.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Leiningen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlaɪ̯nɪŋɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Lei‧nin‧ger

Noun

Leininger m (strong, genitive Leiningers, plural Leininger, feminine Leiningerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Leiningen

Declension

Adjective

Leininger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Leiningen

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

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

  1. a surname

Declension