Maier

German

Etymology

• Variant of Meier (Meyer, Mayer).
• Also Germanized from Czech, Slovene, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian Majer, Májer, itself borrowed from the obsolete German majer (“bailiff, steward”), from Latin māior (“greater”), related to the above.

Proper noun

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

1. a surname originating as an occupation, variant of Meier

Declension

Declension of Maier [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Maier	(eine)	(die)	Maier	(die)	Maiers, Maier
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Maiers, Maier1	(einer)	(der)	Maier	(der)	Maiers, Maier
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Maier	(einer)	(der)	Maier	(den)	Maiers, Maier
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Maier	(eine)	(die)	Maier	(die)	Maiers, Maier

¹With an article.

Derived terms

• Maierform

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Meyer.

Proper noun

Maier m (genitive/dative lui Maier)

1. a surname from German

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică