Messer
See also: messer
English
Etymology
Two main origins:
- Borrowed from German Messer (“knife”), a metonymic occupational surname for a cutler.
- An English occupational surname for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, from Old French messier (“harvest warden”).
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Messer is the 1769th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 20306 individuals. Messer is most common among White (93.73%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Messer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛsɐ/
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Etymology 1
From Middle High German messer, mezzer, from Old High German mezzir, mezzeres, mezzirahs, mezzisahs (“knife”), from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“knife used for cutting food”).
Noun
Messer n (strong, genitive Messers, plural Messer, diminutive Messerchen n or Messerlein n)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- Kneif
Etymology 2
From the verb messen.
Noun
Declension
Derived terms
- Abstandmesser
- Belichtungsmesser
- Beschleunigungsmesser
- Blutdruckmesser
- Drehzahlmesser
- Druckmesser
- Entfernungsmesser
- Feldmesser
- Fiebermesser
- Geschwindigkeitsmesser
- Gradmesser
- Höhenmesser
- Luftgeschwindigkeitsmesser
- Luftmassenmesser
- Niederschlagsmesser
- Regenmesser
- Scheibenmesser
- Spannungsmesser
- Temperaturmesser
- Tiefenmesser
- Winkelmesser
Further reading
- “Messer (Prüfwerkzeug, Prüfer)” in Duden online
- “Messer (Werkzeug, Gerät, Waffe)” in Duden online
- “Messer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Messer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Messer” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Messer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmesɐ/
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæsɐ/
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