Maier

German

Etymology

Variant of Meier (Meyer, Mayer).
Also Germanized from Czech, Slovene, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian Majer, Májer, itself borrowed from the obsolete German majer (“bailiff, steward”), from Latin māior (“greater”), related to the above.

Proper noun

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

a surname originating as an occupation, variant of Meier

Declension

Declension of Maier [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Maier	(eine)	(die)	Maier	(die)	Maiers, Maier
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Maiers, Maier¹	(einer)	(der)	Maier	(der)	Maiers, Maier
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Maier	(einer)	(der)	Maier	(den)	Maiers, Maier
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Maier	(eine)	(die)	Maier	(die)	Maiers, Maier

¹With an article.

Derived terms

Maierform

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Meyer.

Proper noun

Maier m (genitive/dative lui Maier)

a surname from German

References

Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

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