Witwer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Witwer.

Proper noun

Witwer (plural Witwers)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Witwer is the 33695^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 676 individuals. Witwer is most common among White (95.86%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Witwer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German witewære, witewer, witwer, from Old High German wituwo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɪtvɐ/
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Noun

Witwer m (strong, genitive Witwers, plural Witwer, feminine Witwe)

widower
Synonyms: Verwitweter, Witiber, (Bavarian, Austrian) Witmann, Wittiber

Declension

Declension of Witwer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Witwer	die	Witwer
genitive	eines	des	Witwers	der	Witwer
dative	einem	dem	Witwer	den	Witwern
accusative	einen	den	Witwer	die	Witwer

Derived terms

Dreifach-Witwer
Dreifachwitwer
Verwitwern
verwitwern
Verwitwerung
Witwerrente
Witwerschaft
Witwersein
Witwerstand
Witwertum
Zweifach-Witwer
Zweifachwitwer

Related terms

verwitwet
Verwitwung
Witfrau
Witib
Wittib
Witwenschaft
Witwenstand
Witwentum
Witwesein
Witwewerden

Further reading

“Witwer” in Duden online
“Witwer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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