Schweizer

See also: schweizer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schweizer. Doublet of Switzer.

Proper noun

Schweizer (plural Schweizer)

  1. A surname from German.

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)

  1. Swiss person
    Synonym: Eidgenosse
    Hypernym: Mitteleuropäer
  2. Swiss Guard
    Holonym: Schweizergarde
  3. (Catholicism) sacristan
    Synonym: Küster
  4. milker, person who milks cows
  5. doorman

Declension
Declension of Schweizer [masculine, strong]
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

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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)

  1. a surname

Descendants

Adjective

Schweizer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Switzerland

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

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Schweiz (“Switzerland”) +‎ -er.[1]

Compare German Schweizer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaɪ̯.t͡sɐ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯t͡sɐ
  • Hyphenation: Schweiz‧er

Noun

Schweizer m (nominative plural Schweizer, feminine Schweizrin)

  1. Swiss (person from Switzerland)

Declension
Declension of Schweizer
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative där/de Schweizer die Schweizer
dative dem Schweizer denne/de Schweizer

References
  1. Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schweizer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎ (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 148

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schweizer.

Proper noun

Schweizer m or f by sense

  1. a surname from German
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