Messer

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from German Messer (“knife”), a metonymic occupational surname for a cutler.
• An English occupational surname for someone who kept watch over harvested crops, from Old French messier (“harvest warden”).

Messer (plural Messers)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Messer is the 1769^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 20306 individuals. Messer is most common among White (93.73%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Messer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 580.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsɐ/

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From Middle High German messer, mezzer, from Old High German mezzir, mezzeres, mezzirahs, mezzisahs (“knife”), from Proto-West Germanic *matisahs (“knife used for cutting food”).

Messer n (strong, genitive Messers, plural Messer, diminutive Messerchen n or Messerlein n)

1. knife

• Kneif

From the verb messen.

Messer m (strong, genitive Messers, plural Messer)

1. agent noun of messen
   1. measurer, surveyor
   2. gauge, meter

• “Messer (Prüfwerkzeug, Prüfer)” in Duden online
• “Messer (Werkzeug, Gerät, Waffe)” in Duden online
• “Messer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Messer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Messer” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Messer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• IPA^(key): /ˈmesɐ/

Messer n (plural Messer or Messre, diminutive Messerche)

1. knife

Messer m (plural Messer)

1. gauge, meter

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæsɐ/

Messer n (plural Messeren, diminutive Messerchen)

1. knife

Compare German Messer, Dutch mes.

Messer n (plural Messer)

1. knife