Seiger
See also: seiger
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Seiger.
Proper noun
Seiger (plural Seigers)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Seiger is the 41359th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Seiger is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seiger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Seiger
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German seigære, from seigen, possibly related to sīgen, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Alternatively seigen may be derived from Latin exagium. Compare Polish zegar, Yiddish זייגער (zeyger), Hungarian cseger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ɡɐ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Sei‧ger
- Homophone: seiger
Noun
Seiger m (strong, genitive Seigers, plural Seiger)
- (obsolete or regional) clock (timekeeper)
- Synonym: Uhr
- hand (index or pointer on a dial, such as on an analogue/analog clock)
- Synonyms: Uhrweiser, Uhrzeiger
Declension
Declension of Seiger [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Seiger | die | Seiger |
| genitive | eines | des | Seigers | der | Seiger |
| dative | einem | dem | Seiger | den | Seigern |
| accusative | einen | den | Seiger | die | Seiger |
Further reading
- “Seiger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Seiger” in Duden online
- “Seiger”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Seiger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon