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Gutenberg

/ˈɡutn̩ˌbɝɡ/ US
/ˈɡuːtn̩ˌbɜːɡ/ UK
/ˈɡʊtn̩-/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Gutenberg.

proper noun

A habitational surname from German.
A metonym for a person
Johannes Gutenberg, a German printer who developed European movable type.
A lunar crater.
A castle in Germany.
A village in Germany, renamed after the castle.
A municipality of Bad Kreuznach district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, named after the castle and village.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Gutenberg Bible, the first mass production printing project of the Gutenberg press.
abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Project Gutenberg, a digital library founded in 1971.

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name surname

日本語	グーテンベルク Gūtenberuku
中文	古登堡 Gǔdēngbǎo, 古騰堡 /古腾堡 Gǔténgbǎo
Deutsch	Gutenberg
Русский	Гутенбе́рг Gutɛnbérg

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MLA

"Gutenberg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gutenberg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Gutenberg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gutenberg

Chicago

"Gutenberg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gutenberg.

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@misc{gutenberg_2026,
  title = {Gutenberg},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gutenberg},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}