"Schäfer" meaning in German

See Schäfer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃɛːfər/, [ˈʃɛː.fɐ], [ˈʃeː.fɐ] Audio: De-Schäfer.ogg Forms: Schäfers [genitive, masculine], Schäfer [genitive, masculine], Schäfer [feminine, genitive], Schäfers [plural], Schäfer [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛːfɐ Etymology: From Middle High German schæfære, from late Old High German scāphāre. Equivalent to Schaf (“sheep”) + -er. Compare Dutch schaper, scheper. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|schæfære}} Middle High German schæfære, {{inh|de|goh|scāphāre}} Old High German scāphāre, {{affix|de|Schaf|-er|t1=sheep}} Schaf (“sheep”) + -er, {{cog|nl|schaper}} Dutch schaper, {{m|nl|scheper}} scheper Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Schäfer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schäfers or (with an article) Schäfer, feminine genitive Schäfer, plural Schäfers or Schäfer)
  1. a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Shepherd Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname Synonyms: Schaefer
    Sense id: en-Schäfer-de-name-Qv2HFF7f Categories (other): German surnames, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 87 13

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɛːfər/, [ˈʃɛː.fɐ], [ˈʃeː.fɐ] Audio: De-Schäfer.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛːfɐ Etymology: From Middle High German schæfære, from late Old High German scāphāre. Equivalent to Schaf (“sheep”) + -er. Compare Dutch schaper, scheper. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|schæfære}} Middle High German schæfære, {{inh|de|goh|scāphāre}} Old High German scāphāre, {{affix|de|Schaf|-er|t1=sheep}} Schaf (“sheep”) + -er, {{cog|nl|schaper}} Dutch schaper, {{m|nl|scheper}} scheper Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Schäfer m (strong, genitive Schäfers, plural Schäfer, feminine Schäferin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Schäfers [genitive], Schäfer [plural], Schäferin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Schäfer [nominative, singular], Schäfer [definite, nominative, plural], Schäfers [genitive, singular], Schäfer [definite, genitive, plural], Schäfer [dative, singular], Schäfern [dative, definite, plural], Schäfer [accusative, singular], Schäfer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. shepherd Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Occupations Synonyms: Schafhirt (alt: e)
    Sense id: en-Schäfer-de-noun-3vNzXXoN

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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