Schweiger

English

Proper noun

Schweiger (plural Schweigers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schweiger is the 12048^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2588 individuals. Schweiger is most common among White (94.47%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Schwieger

German

Etymology

From schweigen (to be silent) + -er (agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvaɪ̯ɡɐ/
• Hyphenation: Schwei‧ger

Noun

Schweiger m (strong, genitive Schweigers, plural Schweiger, feminine Schweigerin)

1. man of few words (someone who rarely speaks)

Declension

Declension of Schweiger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schweiger	die	Schweiger
genitive	eines	des	Schweigers	der	Schweiger
dative	einem	dem	Schweiger	den	Schweigern
accusative	einen	den	Schweiger	die	Schweiger

Further reading

• “Schweiger” in Duden online