Pfeiffer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Pfeiffer (literally “piper”).
Proper noun
[edit]Pfeiffer
- A surname from German.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Pfeiffer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]German and Jewish surname, equivalent to Pfeiffe (cp. Pfeife) + -er, hence an occupational surname for a pipe player.
Proper noun
[edit]Pfeiffer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Pfeiffers or (with an article) Pfeiffer, feminine genitive Pfeiffer, plural Pfeiffers or Pfeiffer)
- a surname
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- German lemmas
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- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames