Weibel

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English

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Etymology

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From the German surname, from the noun Weibel (court usher, bailiff).

Proper noun

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Weibel (plural Weibels)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Weibel is the 15978th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1817 individuals. Weibel is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.

Anagrams

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German

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A Standesweibel heading the parade, canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland.

Etymology

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From Middle High German weibel, Old High German weibil (beadle, apparitor), derivative of weibōn (to move to and fro), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *waibijan (to tremble, move back and forth).[1]

Noun

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Weibel m (strong, genitive Weibels, plural Weibel, feminine Weibelin)

  1. (archaic outside Switzerland) usher

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (2011) “Weibel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 25th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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