Leininger
English
Proper noun
Leininger (plural Leiningers)
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlaɪ̯nɪŋɐ]
- Hyphenation: Lei‧nin‧ger
Noun
Leininger m (strong, genitive Leiningers, plural Leininger, feminine Leiningerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Leiningen
Declension
Declension of Leininger [masculine, strong]
Adjective
Leininger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (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)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Leininger [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Leininger | (eine) | (die) | Leininger | (die) | Leiningers, Leininger |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Leiningers, Leininger1 | (einer) | (der) | Leininger | (der) | Leiningers, Leininger |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Leininger | (einer) | (der) | Leininger | (den) | Leiningers, Leininger |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Leininger | (eine) | (die) | Leininger | (die) | Leiningers, Leininger |
1With an article.