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Schweizer
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schweizer
English
Etymology
en de Schweizer. en Switzer.
Proper noun
Schweizer
en German.
German
Alternative forms
de Schweitzer archaic
Etymology
de gmh swīzer. Equivalent to de 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 fr Suisse Swiss: fr suisse doorman.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ/
de De-Schweizer.ogg
de De-Schweizer2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aɪ̯t͡sɐ 2
de Schwei zer
Noun
m Schweizerin feminine form: Swiss (female) or melker (female)
Swiss person, Swiss (male)
de Eidgenosse
de Mitteleuropäer
Swiss Guard
de Schweizergarde
de Catholicism sacristan
de Küster
milker a person or man who milks cows
doorman
Declension
m
Hypernyms
de Mitteleuropäer
Hyponyms
de Auslandsschweizer Deutschschweizer Innerschweizer Nordschweizer Ostschweizer Papierschweizer Südschweizer Welschschweizer Westschweizer Zentralschweizer
de Aargauer Baseler Berner Genfer Graubündner Luzerner Neuenburger Tessiner Thurgauer Zürcher
Derived terms
de Schweizerin
de schweizerisch
Descendants
pl szwajcar Szwajcar 1
uk швайца́р obsolete
ro șvaițer 1
ru швейца́р doorman, Swiss man (dated) possibly via Polish 1
ru 1 швейца́рец Swiss man
uk швейца́р 1
Proper noun
surname
de
Descendants
en 1 Schweizer
pt 1 Schweizer
Adjective
indecl.pred:-
de relational of Switzerland
Usage notes
Derived terms
de Schweizerheit
Further reading
de
de Demonyms Nationalities People Switzerland
Hunsrik
Etymology
From hrx Schweiz -er Switzerland.148
Compare de Schweizer.
Pronunciation
Noun
m Schweizer Schweizrin
Swiss a person from Switzerland
References
hrx Nationalities
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor de:Schweizer + 1
Proper noun
mfbysense
pt German