Gutenberg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A habitational surname from German.
  2. A metonym for a person
  3. A metonym for a person:
  4. Johannes Gutenberg, a German printer who developed European movable type.
  5. A placename:
  6. A lunar crater.
  7. A locale in Germany:
  8. A castle in Germany.
  9. A village in Germany, renamed after the castle.
  10. A municipality of Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, named after the castle and village.
  11. Ellipsis of Gutenberg Bible, the first mass production printing project of the Gutenberg press.
  12. Ellipsis of Project Gutenberg, a digital library founded in 1971.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡutn̩ˌbɝɡ/ /ˈɡuːtn̩ˌbɜːɡ/ /ˈɡʊtn̩-/

Word forms

Gutenberg

Etymology

From German Gutenberg.

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