Meier

See also: meier

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

German Meier

Proper noun

Meier (plural Meiers)

  1. A surname from German.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Latin maior domus. The surname is occupational, but has also absorbed Hebrew מֵאִיר‎ (me'ír, “illuminating”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ̯ɐ/
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Noun

Meier m (strong, genitive Meiers, plural Meier)

  1. (historical) administrator or leaseholder of a manor
  2. (historical) independent peasant or tenant
  3. any plant of the genus Asperula

Declension
Declension of Meier [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Meier die Meier
genitive eines des Meiers der Meier
dative einem dem Meier den Meiern
accusative einen den Meier die Meier

Proper noun

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

  1. a German and Jewish surname originating as an occupation

Alternative forms

Further reading
  • “Meier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Meier” in Duden online
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