Fischer

Borrowed from German Fischer (“fisherman”).

• Rhymes: -ɪʃə(ɹ)

Fischer (plural Fischers)

1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
   • 2008 March 2, Bruce Barcott, “The Higher They Climb”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     An athletic kid from New Jersey, Fischer was known as a bold risk taker — they called him “the fallingest man in climbing” — until an old-school cragger taught him the Zen of controlled ascent.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fischer is the 455^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 72,357 individuals. Fischer is most common among White (94.3%) individuals.

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Fischer

1. a surname from German

Fischer ?

1. a surname from German

From Middle High German vischære, vischer, from Old High German fiscari, from Proto-Germanic *fiskārijaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃɐ
• Hyphenation: Fi‧scher

Fischer m (strong, genitive Fischers, plural Fischer, feminine Fischerin)

1. agent noun of fischen
2. fisher, fisherman (male or of unspecified gender)
3. component part in various compound nouns, e.g. Amazonasfischer (“Amazon kingfisher”), Austernfischer (“oystercatcher”)
4. component part in various compounds for different kinds of fishing boats, e.g. Grundschleppnetzfischer (“trawler”)

• Fisch, fischen, Fischen, Fischerei

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

1. a common surname originating as an occupation

• “Fischer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fischer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Fischer” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): [ˈfiʃɛr] (phonetic respelling: Fiser)
• Hyphenation: Fi‧scher
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Fischer

1. a surname