English Explanatory Dictionary

Rothenberg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Rothenberg Rothenbergs

Etymology

* As a Jewish surname, derived from German Rot (“red”) + Berg (“mountain, hill”). * As a German and Jewish surname, from several placenames referring to Rothenberg, from earlier Rodenberg, probably of the meaning of the above. * Also as a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenburg, itself probably a variant of Rotenburg.

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