Gschwind

See also: gschwind

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gschwind, itself from Bavarian or Alemannic German.

Proper noun

Gschwind (plural Gschwinds)

1. A surname from German.

   Michael Gschwind

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gschwind”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 94.
• Forebears

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gschwind, itself from Bavarian or Alemannic German. In France, historically most prevalent in Haut-Rhin.

Proper noun

Gschwind m or f by sense

1. a surname from German

   Jean-Paul Gschwind, b. 1952

Further reading

• filae.com
• Forebears (French)
• Stefano Ravara, Gschwind on namenskarten.eu

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian or Alemannic German, from Middle High German geswinde (“impetuous, swift”). See Bavarian gschwind (“swift”).

Most prevalent in Switzerland; In Germany, most prevalent in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Also found in France in the Alsace region.

Proper noun

Gschwind m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Gschwinds or (with an article) Gschwind, feminine genitive Gschwind, plural Gschwinds)

1. a German surname, Gschwind

Declension

Declension of Gschwind [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Gschwind	(eine)	(die)	Gschwind	(die)	Gschwinds
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Gschwinds, Gschwind1	(einer)	(der)	Gschwind	(der)	Gschwinds
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Gschwind	(einer)	(der)	Gschwind	(den)	Gschwinds
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Gschwind	(eine)	(die)	Gschwind	(die)	Gschwinds

¹With an article.

Descendants

• English: Gschwind
• French: Gschwind

Further reading

• Forebears
• Stefano Ravara, Gschwind on namenskarten.eu
• Stefano Ravara, Gschwind on kartezumnamen.eu