Schweizer

See also: schweizer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schweizer (“Swiss person”). Doublet of Switzer.

Proper noun

Schweizer (plural Schweizer)

1. A surname from German.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German swīzer. Equivalent to Schweiz +‎ -er. The senses "doorman" and "milker" arose because Swiss people were commonly employed in Germany in those professions; the sense "sacristan" arose because sacristans' garb resembled that of the Swiss Guards. For the sense development compare also French Suisse (“Swiss”) : suisse (“doorman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ/

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Noun

Schweizer m (strong, genitive Schweizers, plural Schweizer)

1. Swiss person
2. Swiss Guard
3. milker, person who milks cows
4. (Catholicism) sacristan

   Synonym: Küster

5. doorman

Declension

Declension of Schweizer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schweizer	die	Schweizer
genitive	eines	des	Schweizers	der	Schweizer
dative	einem	dem	Schweizer	den	Schweizern
accusative	einen	den	Schweizer	die	Schweizer

Derived terms

• Schweizerin

Descendants

• → English: Schweizer
• → Polish: szwajcar, Szwajcar
  • Ukrainian: швайца́р (švajcár)
• → Romanian: șvaițer
• → Russian: швейца́р (švejcár, “doorman, Swiss man (dated)”) (possibly via Polish), швейца́рец (švejcárec, “Swiss man”)
  • Armenian: շվեյցար (šveycʿar)
  • Bashkir: швейцар (şveytsar)
  • Belarusian: швейцар (švjejcar)
  • Chuvash: швейцар (švejtsar)
  • Estonian: šveitser
  • Georgian: შვეიცარი (šveicari)
  • Kazakh: швейцар (şveisar)
  • Kyrgyz: швейцар (şveytsar)
  • Latvian: šveicars
  • Ossetian: швейца́р (švejcár)
  • Tatar: швейцар (şweytsar)
  • Ukrainian: швейца́р (švejcár)

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Adjective

Schweizer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Switzerland

Usage notes

• Words like this are indeclinable adjectives in modern German, as noted by the Duden, DWDS and other modern references. They originated as genitive plurals of substantives, as noted by 18th century grammarian Johann Christoph Adelung and 19th century linguist Hermann Möller: e.g. Berliner Pfannkuchen = Pfannkuchen der Berliner = "pancake of the Berliners". See -er.

Derived terms

• Schweizerheit

Further reading

• “Schweizer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schweizer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schweizer” in Duden online
• Schweizer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ/

Noun

Schweizer m (plural Schweizer, feminine Schweizrin)

1. Swiss person

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schweizer.

Proper noun

Schweizer m or f by sense

1. a surname from German