Schweizer
See also: schweizer
English
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 (strong, genitive Schweizers, plural Schweizer)
- Swiss person
- Synonym: Eidgenosse
- Hypernym: Mitteleuropäer
- Swiss Guard
- Holonym: Schweizergarde
- (Catholicism) sacristan
- Synonym: Küster
- milker, person who milks cows
- doorman
Declension
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Aargauer, Baseler, Berner, Genfer, Graubündner, Luzerner
- Neuenburger, Tessiner, Thurgauer, Zürcher
Derived terms
Descendants
Proper noun
Schweizer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schweizers or (with an article) Schweizer, feminine genitive Schweizer, plural Schweizers or Schweizer)
- a surname
Usage notes
- Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Schweizer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schweizer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schweizer” in Duden online
- Schweizer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃvaɪ̯.t͡sɐ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯t͡sɐ
- Hyphenation: Schweiz‧er
Declension
References
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schweizer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 148
Portuguese
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