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Goldberg
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English
thumb|Goldberger Windmühle
Etymology
en de Goldberg, from en de Gold gold and de Berg mountain. One of the ornamental names chosen by Jews who were forced to take surnames in 18th and 19th century Germany.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡoʊldbɚɡ/ US
Proper noun
~ s
en German, fairly common in the United States.
en 2016-06-03 Jason Koebler Jews Are Taking Back (((Echoes))) from the Neo-Nazis Motherboard (website) Motherboard http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/jews-are-taking-back-echoes-from-the-neo-nazis https://web.archive.org/web/20160607065027/http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/jews-are-taking-back-echoes-from-the-neo-nazis 2016-06-07 After Rosenberg and Goldberg tweeted about changing their names, dozens of other people on Twitter followed suit.
en Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Evan Perez, Oren Liebermann, Jamie Gangel, Kit Maher and Sean Lyngaas Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/yemen-strikes-journalist-cabinet-signal-chat 2025-03-24 According to the Atlantic, national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month convened a text conversation with top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to discuss strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen who had been threatening international shipping in the Red Sea. Waltz, apparently accidentally, added Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the chain. https://web.archive.org/web/20260405173930/https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/24/politics/yemen-strikes-journalist-cabinet-signal-chat 5 April 2026
en town dist/Ludwigslust-Parchim s/Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania c/Germany.
Derived terms
en Goldberg-Shprintzen syndrome Goldbergian Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome
Translations
Surname
Hebrew: he גולדברג
Yiddish: yi גאָלדבערג
Anagrams
en bdegglor broggled
German
de:
Etymology
de :af Gold Berg
From de Gold Berg.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɡɔltbɛʁk/
de De-Goldberg.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Gold berg
de ɛʁk 2
Proper noun
toponym
de municipality s/Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania c/Germany
Declension
toponym
Derived terms
de Goldberger
de Goldbergerin
Proper noun
thumb|150px|Distribution of Goldbergs in Germany
surname
de.
Declension
surname
Related terms
de Goldbach, de Goldmann, de Goldstein
de Schönberg, de Steinberg