Weisse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weisse.

Proper noun

Weisse (plural Weisses)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Weisse is the 40144^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 546 individuals. Weisse is most common among White (96.15%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology 1

Noun

Weisse f (adjectival, definite nominative die Weisse, genitive Weisser, definite genitive der Weissen, plural Weisse, definite plural die Weissen, masculine Weisser)

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Weiße.

Declension

Declension of Weisse [feminine, adjectival]

	singular		plural
feminine gender	strong declension
nominative	Weisse		Weisse
genitive	Weisser		Weisser
dative	Weisser		Weissen
accusative	Weisse		Weisse
	weak declension
nominative	die	Weisse	die	Weissen
genitive	der	Weissen	der	Weissen
dative	der	Weissen	den	Weissen
accusative	die	Weisse	die	Weissen
	mixed declension
nominative	eine	Weisse	(keine)	Weissen
genitive	einer	Weissen	(keiner)	Weissen
dative	einer	Weissen	(keinen)	Weissen
accusative	eine	Weisse	(keine)	Weissen

Etymology 2

Noun

Weisse f (genitive Weisse, no plural)

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Weiße.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Weisse m

1. inflection of Weisser:
   1. strong nominative/accusative plural
   2. weak nominative singular