Route

See also: route and routé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Route, or a variant spelling of Routt.

Proper noun

Route (plural Routes)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Route is the 40432^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 541 individuals. Route is most common among White (47.32%) and Black/African American (45.47%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Route”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• utero-, ruote, outré, Toure, outer, rouet, outre

German

Etymology

17th century, from French route.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁuːtə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: Rute

Noun

Route f (genitive Route, plural Routen)

1. route

Declension

Declension of Route [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Route	die	Routen
genitive	einer	der	Route	der	Routen
dative	einer	der	Route	den	Routen
accusative	eine	die	Route	die	Routen

Related terms

• Routine

Further reading

• “Route” in Duden online