Bielefeld

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bielefeld. === Proper noun === Bielefeld (countable and uncountable, plural Bielefelds) A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. A habitational surname from German. ==== Translations ==== ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Bielefeld is the 38332nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Bielefeld is most common among White (95.67%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bielefeld”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157. == German == === Etymology === Unknown. There has been published a multitude about the etymology and it depends on whether early occurrences of resembling toponyms refer to this location, the oldest a Bylanuelde farmland conveyed to Corvey in the mid 9th century, next a Biliuelde in the Vita Meinwerci from the 1160s relating occurrences between 1015 and 1036, then a 12th century Bylivelt; only in the 13th century the name of the town occurs clearly and oftener, following which the foundation year is conventionally reckoned the year 1214. A recent overview of the theories is given by Meineke 2013. The areal extent of the city to which the term refers derives from incorporations in 1900, 1907, 1930, and 1973. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbiːləfɛlt] === Proper noun === Bielefeld n (proper noun, genitive Bielefelds or (optionally with an article) Bielefeld) an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Bielefelder Bielefelderin === References === Meineke, Birgit (2013), Die Ortsnamen der Stadt Bielefeld (Westfälisches Ortsnamenbuch; 5)‎[1], Bielefeld: Verlag für Regionalgeschichte, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 38–48 Rath, Jochen (2014), “1214: Ersterwähnung Bielefelds als Stadt”, in Stadtarchiv Bielefeld‎[2]