Metzinger
English
Proper noun
Metzinger (plural Metzingers)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Metzinger is the 26313rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 928 individuals. Metzinger is most common among White (96.98%) individuals.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmɛt͡sɪŋɐ]
- Hyphenation: Met‧zin‧ger
Noun
Metzinger m (strong, genitive Metzingers, plural Metzinger, feminine Metzingerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Metzingen
Declension
Declension of Metzinger [masculine, strong]
Adjective
Metzinger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Metzingen
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
Metzinger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Metzingers or (with an article) Metzinger, feminine genitive Metzinger, plural Metzingers or Metzinger)
- a surname
Declension
Declension of Metzinger [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Metzinger | (eine) | (die) | Metzinger | (die) | Metzingers, Metzinger |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Metzingers, Metzinger1 | (einer) | (der) | Metzinger | (der) | Metzingers, Metzinger |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Metzinger | (einer) | (der) | Metzinger | (den) | Metzingers, Metzinger |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Metzinger | (eine) | (die) | Metzinger | (die) | Metzingers, Metzinger |
1With an article.