Goldberg

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.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊldbɚɡ/

Goldberg (countable and uncountable, plural Goldbergs)

1. A surname from German, fairly common in the United States.
   • 2016 June 3, Jason Koebler, “Jews Are Taking Back (((Echoes))) from the Neo-Nazis”, in Motherboard‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 June 2016:

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

   • 2025 March 24, 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”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     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.

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

• broggled

From Gold +‎ Berg.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔltbɛʁk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Gold‧berg
• Rhymes: -ɛʁk

Goldberg n (proper noun, genitive Goldbergs or (optionally with an article) Goldberg)

1. a municipality of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

• Goldberger
  • Goldbergerin

Goldberg m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Goldbergs or (with an article) Goldberg, feminine genitive Goldberg, plural Goldbergs)

1. a surname.

• Goldbach, Goldmann, Goldstein
• Schönberg, Steinberg