Seiger

See also: seiger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Seiger.

Proper noun

Seiger (plural Seigers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seiger is the 41359^th 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: 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)

1. (obsolete or regional) clock (timekeeper)

   Synonym: Uhr

2. 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