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Goldberg

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United States//ˈɡoʊldbɚɡ//

A surname from German, fairly common in the United States.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname from German, fairly common in the United States.

    After Rosenberg and Goldberg tweeted about changing their names, dozens of other people on Twitter followed suit.

  2. 2

    A town in Ludwigslust-Parchim district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Goldberg, from German Gold (“gold”) and Berg (“mountain”). One of the ornamental names chosen by Jews who were forced to take surnames in 18th and 19th century Germany.

Forms

plural
Goldbergs
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).