Weibel

English

Etymology

From the German surname, from the noun Weibel (“court usher, bailiff”).

Proper noun

Weibel (plural Weibels)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Weibel is the 15978^th 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 (“beadle, apparitor”), derivative of weibōn (“to move to and fro”), ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *waibijan (“to tremble, move back and forth”).

Noun

Weibel m (strong, genitive Weibels, plural Weibel, feminine Weibelin)

1. (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

Further reading

• “Weibel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Weibel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Weibel (Amtsdiener) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de