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Fischer

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English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Fischer (“fisherman”). Doublet of Fisher and Fisker

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    Fischer (plural Fischers)

    1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation], equivalent to English Fisher.
      • 2008 March 2, Bruce Barcott, “The Higher They Climb”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 2 January 2018:
        An athletic kid from New Jersey, Fischer was known as a bold risk taker — they called him “the fallingest man in climbing” — until an old-school cragger taught him the Zen of controlled ascent.

    Derived terms

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    Statistics

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    • According to the 2010 United States Census, Fischer is the 455th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 72,357 individuals. Fischer is most common among White (94.3%) individuals.

    Anagrams

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    Danish

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    Etymology

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    German Fischer

    Proper noun

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    Fischer

    1. Fischer: a surname from German, equivalent of the Danish Fisker.

    French

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    Etymology

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    German Fischer

    Proper noun

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    Fischer ?

    1. Fischer: a surname from German

    German

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    German Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German vischære, vischer, from Old High German fiscari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Fischer m (strong, genitive Fischers, plural Fischer, feminine Fischerin)

    1. agent noun of fischen
    2. fisher, fisherman (male or of unspecified gender)
    3. component part in various compound nouns, e.g. Amazonasfischer (“Amazon kingfisher”), Austernfischer (“oystercatcher”)
    4. component part in various compounds for different kinds of fishing boats, e.g. Grundschleppnetzfischer (“trawler”)

    Declension

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    Declension of Fischer [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Fischer die Fischer
    genitive eines des Fischers der Fischer
    dative einem dem Fischer den Fischern
    accusative einen den Fischer die Fischer

    Hyponyms

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    Proper noun

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    German Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia de
    Distribution of the surname Fischer in Germany
    Distribution of the surname Fischer in Austria

    Fischer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Fischers or (with an article) Fischer, feminine genitive Fischer, plural Fischers or Fischer)

    1. Fischer: a common surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Fisher
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    Descendants

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    • → English: Fischer
    • → Danish: Fischer
    • → French: Fischer
    • → Hungarian: Fischer

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    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    German Fischer

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈfiʃɛr] (phonetic respelling: Fiser)
    • Hyphenation: Fi‧scher
    • Rhymes: -ɛr

    Proper noun

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    Fischer

    1. Fischer: a surname from German

    Declension

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    Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative Fischer Fischerek
    accusative Fischert Fischereket
    dative Fischernek Fischereknek
    instrumental Fischerrel Fischerekkel
    causal-final Fischerért Fischerekért
    translative Fischerré Fischerekké
    terminative Fischerig Fischerekig
    essive-formal Fischerként Fischerekként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive Fischerben Fischerekben
    superessive Fischeren Fischereken
    adessive Fischernél Fischereknél
    illative Fischerbe Fischerekbe
    sublative Fischerre Fischerekre
    allative Fischerhez Fischerekhez
    elative Fischerből Fischerekből
    delative Fischerről Fischerekről
    ablative Fischertől Fischerektől
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular     		Fischeré Fischereké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural     		Fischeréi Fischerekéi
    Possessive forms of Fischer
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. Fischerem Fischerjeim
    2nd person sing. Fischered Fischerjeid
    3rd person sing. Fischerje Fischerjei
    1st person plural Fischerünk Fischerjeink
    2nd person plural Fischeretek Fischerjeitek
    3rd person plural Fischerjük Fischerjeik
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