Morgenthau is a proper noun, most often encountered as a surname of German origin. It refers to a family name and, in historical contexts, to the German-born American political figure Hans Morgenthau. The pronunciation retains Germanic phonology while conforming to English usage, yielding a distinctive, multisyllabic pattern that English speakers typically adapt with careful stress placement. It is not a common everyday word, but is frequently encountered in academic, historical, and biographical texts.
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