English Explanatory Dictionary

Rotenberg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.

Word forms

Rotenberg Rotenbergs Rotenberry

Etymology

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”). * As a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenberg.

Related words

Red Hill Redhill Redhills Rose Hill Rosehill Rose Hills Rosenberg Rosenberry Rotenberry Rothenberg Rothenburg
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