# Rotenberg

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #94,208

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Rotenberg, from several places in Germany such as Rotenberg in Rauenberg, second element from Berg (“mountain”) and first element possibly related to rotem (“red”) or roden (“to clear”).
* As a Jewish surname, variant of Rothenberg.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rotenberg