Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mergenthaler

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: mer-gen-thaler
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mergenthaler, variant of Morgenthaler. From Morgen (morning) + Thal (obsolete spelling of Tal, "valley") + -er (equivalent to English demonym-former -er).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Mergenthaler

Inflected Forms

Mergenthalers (plural)

Questions

What does mergenthaler mean?: A surname from German.
Where does mergenthaler come from?: It is traced to German.

How to pronounce mergenthaler

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