Herzog

See also: herzog

English

Alternative forms

• Hartsoe

Etymology

Borrowed from German Herzog.

Proper noun

Herzog (plural Herzogs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Herzog is the 3239^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11,146 people. Herzog is most common among white people (95.75%).

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Herzog”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 171.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German herzog, herzoge, from Old High German herizogo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrˌtsoːk/, [ˈhɛʁˌt͡soːk], [ˈhɛɐ̯ˌt͡soːk] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛrˌtsɔx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial)

• Audio:

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Noun

Herzog m (strong, genitive Herzogs or Herzoges, plural Herzöge, feminine Herzogin)

1. duke

Declension

Declension of Herzog [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Herzog	die	Herzöge
genitive	eines	des	Herzogs, Herzoges	der	Herzöge
dative	einem	dem	Herzog, Herzoge1	den	Herzögen
accusative	einen	den	Herzog	die	Herzöge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Erzherzog
• Großherzog
• Herzogenbusch
• Herzogin
• herzoglich
• Herzogshof
• Herzogshut
• Herzogswürde
• Herzogtum

 

Descendants

• → Albanian: hercog
• → Bulgarian: херцо́г (hercóg)
• → Saterland Frisian: Härtsoch
• → Georgian: ჰერცოგი (hercogi)
• → Hungarian: herceg
• → Latgalian: gercogs
• → Latvian: hercogs
• → Lithuanian: hercogas
• → Luxembourgish: Herzog
• → Ottoman Turkish: هرسك (hersek)
  • Turkish: Hersek
  • → Armenian: Հէրսէք (Hērsēkʻ)
• → Russian: ге́рцог (gércog)
  • → Azerbaijani: hersoq
  • → Uzbek: gersog
• → Translingual: Herzogiella
• → Ukrainian: ге́рцог (hércoh)
• → Saterland Frisian: Härtsoch
• → Serbo-Croatian: Херцег

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German Herzog.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhærˌtsoːχ/, /ˈhærtsoχ/, [ˈhæχˌt͡soːχ], [-t͡soχ]

Noun

Herzog m (plural Herzogen)

1. duke