Schneider

English

Etymology

From the German surname for a tailor, from the verb schneiden (“to cut”).

Proper noun

Schneider

1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] meaning "tailor".

Derived terms

• Gelfond-Schneider theorem
• Schneider egg
• Schneiderian
• Schneiderian membrane

Translations

surname

• Bulgarian: Шна́йдер m or f (Šnájder)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 施奈德 (zh) (Shīnàidé)

• Russian: Шнайдер (ru) m (Šnajder)
• Spanish: sastre (es)
• Yiddish: שנײַדער m (shnayder)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schneider is the 312^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101,290 individuals. Schneider is most common among White (95.4%) individuals.

See also

• Schnieder
• Schnitter
• Schröder
• Schrödinger
• Schroeder
• Shnayder
• Shneider
• Shnider
• Snider
• Snijder
• Snyder
• Sznajder

Anagrams

• Schnieder

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃnajdɛr]

Proper noun

Schneider m anim (female equivalent Schneiderová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Schneider (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Schneider	Schneiderové
genitive	Schneidera	Schneiderů
dative	Schneiderovi	Schneiderům
accusative	Schneidera	Schneidery
vocative	Schneidere	Schneiderové
locative	Schneiderovi	Schneiderech
instrumental	Schneiderem	Schneidery

Further reading

• “Schneider”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

French

Proper noun

Schneider ?

1. a surname from German

German

Ein Schneider

Etymology

From Middle High German snīdære, equivalent to schneiden +‎ -er. Compare Yiddish שנײַדער (shnayder), dated Dutch snijder and Afrikaans snyer. Compare Schröder and Schrödinger as other German counterparts of Tailor and Taylor; also compare Cutter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnaɪ̯dɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Schneider m (strong, genitive Schneiders, plural Schneider, diminutive Schneiderlein n)

1. agent noun of schneiden: cutter (a person or device that cuts)

   Synonym: Abschneider

2. tailor (male or of unspecified gender)
3. daddy-longlegs, harvestman, water strider, cranefly, etc. (any long-legged arachnid or insect)

   Hyponyms: (arachnid) Weberknecht, (cranefly) Schnake, (water strider) Wasserläufer

Declension

Declension of Schneider [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schneider	die	Schneider
genitive	eines	des	Schneiders	der	Schneider
dative	einem	dem	Schneider	den	Schneidern
accusative	einen	den	Schneider	die	Schneider

Hyponyms

• Bolzenschneider
• Damenschneider
• Gewandschneider
• Herrenschneider
• Korsettschneider
• Kostümschneider
• Maßschneider
• Metallschneider
• Papierschneider

Derived terms

• Schneiderei
• schneiderhaft
• Schneiderin
• schneidern

Related terms

• Rohrabschneider
• Rohrschneider
• Schneidermeister
• Schneiderschere
• Schneidersitz
• Schneiderstube
• Schnitter
• Seitenschneider
• Theaterschneider
• wenn's kein Schneider ist

Distribution of the surname Schneider in Germany

Proper noun

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

1. a common surname originating as an occupation

Related terms

• Brettschneider
• Riemenschneider
• Schachtschneider

Further reading

• “Schneider”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Schneider” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Schneider” in Duden online

Anagrams

• schneidre, schreiend, sichernde

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnaɪ̯rɐ/

Noun

Schneider m (plural Schneider, feminine Schneidrin)

1. tailor

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schneider”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnɑɪ̯dɐ/

Noun

Schneider m (plural Schneider)

1. tailor

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Schneiderubor.

Polish Schneider

Unadapted borrowing from German Schneider.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂnaj.dɛr/
• Rhymes: -ajdɛr
• Syllabification: Schnei‧der
• Homophone: Sznajder

Proper noun

Schneider m pers

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Schneider

	singular	plural
nominative	Schneider	Schneiderowie
genitive	Schneidera	Schneiderów
dative	Schneiderowi	Schneiderom
accusative	Schneidera	Schneiderów
instrumental	Schneiderem	Schneiderami
locative	Schneiderze	Schneiderach
vocative	Schneiderze	Schneiderowie

Proper noun

Schneider f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

Further reading

• “Schneider”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030