Perlmutter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Perlmutter, a Jewish Ashkenazi ornamental surname.

Proper noun

Perlmutter (plural Perlmutters)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Perlmutter is the 17502^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1610 individuals. Perlmutter is most common among White (95.65%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Perlmutter”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʁlmʊtɐ/, /pɛʁlˈmʊtɐ/

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Noun

Perlmutter f or n (strong, genitive Perlmutter or Perlmutters, no plural)

1. dated form of Perlmutt

Declension

Declension of Perlmutter [sg-only, feminine // neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine, ein	die, das	Perlmutter
genitive	einer, eines	der, des	Perlmutter, Perlmutters
dative	einer, einem	der, dem	Perlmutter
accusative	eine, ein	die, das	Perlmutter

Derived terms

• perlmuttern

Further reading

• “Perlmutter” in Duden online
• “Perlmutter”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)