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Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn is the alternative spelling of Mendelson.

Meaning of Mendelson

Proper noun

Mendelson (plural Mendelsons)

  1. An originally Jewish surname from German or Yiddish.

Forms of Mendelssohn

pluralMendelssohns

Origin of Mendelssohn

Borrowed from German Mendelssohn.

Questions about Mendelssohn

What is Mendelssohn the alternative spelling of?
Mendelssohn is the alternative spelling of Mendelson.

Words near Mendelssohn in the dictionary

  1. Mendelsohn
  2. Mendelsohns
  3. Mendelson
  4. Mendelson's syndrome
  5. Mendelsons
  6. Mendelssohn
  7. Mendelssohnian
  8. Mendelssohnic
  9. Mendelssohns
  10. Mendenhall
  11. mender

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Mendelssohn (page history and authors); Mendelson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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