Zimmermann
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From German Zimmermann, an occupational surname for a carpenter, from the Middle High German zimbermann.
Proper noun
Zimmermann
- A surname from German
See also
German
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-1210-001%2C_Erfurt%2C_Zimmerm%C3%A4nner_auf_der_Walz.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-1990-1210-001%2C_Erfurt%2C_Zimmerm%C3%A4nner_auf_der_Walz.jpg)
Pronunciation
Noun
Zimmermann m (genitive Zimmermannes or Zimmermanns, plural Zimmerleute or Zimmermänner)
- carpenter (worker skilled at handling timber for the construction of houses)
- (Switzerland) harvestman (order Opiliones)
Synonyms
- (carpenter): Bauschreiner, Bautischler, Zimmerer
- (harvestman): Weberknecht
Derived terms
- da hat der Zimmermann das Loch gelassen
- die Axt im Haus ersetzt den Zimmermann
- einen Zimmermann erkennt man an den Spänen
- Freizeitzimmermann
- Schiffszimmermann
- Zar und Zimmermann
- Zimmermannsaxt
- Zimmermannsbeil
- Zimmermannsbock
- Zimmermannsgehilfe
- Zimmermannsgehilfin
- Zimmermannshammer
- Zimmermannshandwerk
- Zimmermannshose
- Zimmermannsklüpfel
- Zimmermannsknoten
- Zimmermannslehrling
- Zimmermannsnagel
- Zimmermannssäge
- Zimmermannsspruch
- Zimmermannsstift
- Zimmermannstracht
- Zimmermannswerkbank
- Zimmermannswerkstatt
- Zimmermannswinkel
- Zimmermannszeichen
Related terms
See also
Proper noun
Lua error in Module:de-noun at line 2123: Parameter 1 is required.
- a common occupational surname originating as an occupation
Further reading
- “Zimmermann” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Zimmermann m (plural Zimmermenner, feminine Zimmerfraa)
Further reading
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- Switzerland German
- German surnames
- German surnames from occupations
- de:Occupations
- Hunsrik 3-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik masculine nouns