Rosenberg (surname)
Rosenberg is a Germanic-language family name and toponym. Its principal meaning is "mountain of roses", from rose + berg. However, as a toponym, in some locations it may have originally meant "red mountain" or simply "red hill", from rot + berg. The terminal consonant of the /rot/-/roθ/-/roð/-/ros/ syllable has varied across regions and centuries; there are many variations of the name, including Rosenberg, Rotenberg, Rothenberg, Rodenberg, and Rozenberg.
Today there are many people around the world whose central European ancestors adopted the surname, including many Germans. It is, additionally, used by many Ashkenazi Jews.
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Famous quotes containing the word rosenberg:
“For a shirt verminously busy
Yon soldier tore from his throat, with oaths
Godhead might shrink at, but not the lice.”
—Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918)