surname of German origin

C12987
concept

A surname of German origin is a family name derived from the German language and cultural or geographic roots within German-speaking regions.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
German noble family name 15
Germanic name 6
surname of German origin canonical 2

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: surname of German origin
Generated description
A surname of German origin is a family name derived from the German language and cultural or geographic roots within German-speaking regions.

Instances (26)

Instance Via concept surface
von Verdy du Vernois German noble family name
Flemming Germanic name
von Spee German noble family name
von Beust German noble family name
von Hindenburg German noble family name
Walther Germanic name
von Lewinski German noble family name
Wrangel Baltic German surname
Bernhards Germanic name
von Kleist German noble family name
von Weichs German noble family name
von Kluge German noble family name
Roth (German) German-language toponymic surname
Voss (German surname)
surface form: Voss (surname)
Reinhart Germanic name
von Broich German noble family name
Ehlers North German surname
von Below German noble family name
Claas Germanic name
von Bismarck German noble family name
Steinbrenner
von Kühn German noble family name
von Buz German noble family name
von Scharnhorst German noble family name
von Schlieben German noble family name
Jost Germanic name