Schweizer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Schweizer (plural Schweizer)

  1. A surname from German.

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

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

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Proper noun[edit]

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[edit]

Schweizer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Switzerland

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.

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Noun[edit]

Schweizer m (plural Schweizer, feminine Schweizrin)

  1. Swiss person

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from German Schweizer.

Proper noun[edit]

Schweizer m or f by sense

  1. a surname from German