Schneider

From the German surname for a tailor, from the verb schneiden (“to cut”).

Schneider

1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation] meaning "tailor".

• Gelfond-Schneider theorem
• Schneiderian
• Schneiderian membrane

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schneider is the 312^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 101,290 individuals. Schneider is most common among White (95.4%) individuals.

• Schnieder

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃnajdɛr]

Schneider m anim (female equivalent Schneiderová)

1. a male surname from German

• “Schneider”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Schneider ?

1. a surname from German

From Middle High German snīdære, equivalent to schneiden +‎ -er. Compare Yiddish שנײַדער (shnayder), dated Dutch snijder and Afrikaans snyer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnaɪ̯dɐ/

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Schneider m (strong, genitive Schneiders, plural Schneider, diminutive Schneiderlein n)

1. agent noun of schneiden: cutter (a person or device that cuts)

   Synonym: Abschneider

2. tailor (male or of unspecified gender)
3. daddy-longlegs, harvestman, water strider, cranefly, etc. (any long-legged arachnid or insect)

   Hyponyms: (arachnid) Weberknecht, (cranefly) Schnake, (water strider) Wasserläufer

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

1. a common surname originating as an occupation

• Brettschneider
• Riemenschneider
• Schachtschneider

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnaɪ̯rɐ/

Schneider m (plural Schneider, feminine Schneidrin)

1. tailor

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnɑɪ̯dɐ/

Schneider m (plural Schneider)

1. tailor

Unadapted borrowing from German Schneider.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂnaj.dɛr/
• Rhymes: -ajdɛr
• Syllabification: Schnei‧der
• Homophone: Sznajder

Schneider m pers

1. a male surname from German

Schneider f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

• “Schneider”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022