Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ottinger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables: ot-tinger
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Example Sentences

"She called Ottinger a "tool" of the business community and Lopez a "box checker,” apparently meaning that he was only nominally Latino and that he had acted in a way that was detrimental to the interests of Latinos."

Etymology

Borrowed from German Öttinger.

Questions

What does ottinger mean?: A surname from German.
Where does ottinger come from?: Borrowed from German Öttinger.

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