Benz

A surname from German.

Proper noun

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

Etymology tree German Benzbor. English Benz Borrowed from German Benz.

Forms

Benzes

Noun

  1. Ellipsis of Mercedes-Benz.
    • It was a Benz, an unusual car in this neighborhood, blue with a thick white stripe bisecting the hood, the roof, and the trunk. - 2007, Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns, BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING (2018), page 110:

    Synonyms: Merc Mercedes Mercedes-Benz

Forms

Benzes