Weibel
English
Etymology
German surname, from the noun Weibel (“court usher, bailiff”).
Proper noun
Weibel (plural Weibels)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Weibel is the 15978th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1817 individuals. Weibel is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.
Anagrams
- Weible, bewile
German
A Standesweibel heading the parade, canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Switzerland.
Etymology
From Middle High German weibel, Old High German weibil (“court messenger”, literally “to move back and forth”), ultimately from or related to Proto-West Germanic *waibijan (“to tremble, move back and forth”).[1]
Noun
Weibel m (strong, genitive Weibels, plural Weibel, feminine Weibelin)
- (archaic outside Switzerland) usher
Declension
Declension of Weibel [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Weibel | die | Weibel |
| genitive | eines | des | Weibels | der | Weibel |
| dative | einem | dem | Weibel | den | Weibeln |
| accusative | einen | den | Weibel | die | Weibel |
Derived terms
- Amtsweibel
- Bundesweibel
- Feldwebel
- Feldweibel
- Stadtweibel
- Standesweibel
Related terms
- weibeln
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Weibel”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “Weibel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Weibel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Weibel (Amtsdiener) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de