Schweizer

See also: schweizer

English

Etymology

From German Schweizer ("Swiss person"). Doublet of Switzer.

Proper noun

Schweizer

A surname.

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 (genitive Schweizers, plural Schweizer, feminine Schweizerin)

Swiss person
Swiss Guard
milker, person who milks cows
(Catholic) sacristan
doorman

Declension

Declension of Schweizer

	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

Descendants

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

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