"Wischer" meaning in German

See Wischer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈvɪʃɐ] Audio: De-Wischer.ogg Forms: Wischers [genitive, masculine], Wischer [genitive, masculine], Wischer [feminine, genitive], Wischers [plural], Wischer [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃɐ Etymology: From wischen (“to wipe”) + -er (“-er”). Etymology templates: {{af|de|wischen|-er|t1=to wipe|t2=-er}} wischen (“to wipe”) + -er (“-er”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|surname}} Wischer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wischers or (with an article) Wischer, feminine genitive Wischer, plural Wischers or Wischer)
  1. a surname Tags: feminine, masculine, proper-noun, surname Related terms: Büscher, Escher, Fischer
    Sense id: en-Wischer-de-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): German surnames, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 0 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 82 18 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 8 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 7 9

Noun

IPA: [ˈvɪʃɐ] Audio: De-Wischer.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪʃɐ Etymology: From wischen (“to wipe”) + -er (“-er”). Etymology templates: {{af|de|wischen|-er|t1=to wipe|t2=-er}} wischen (“to wipe”) + -er (“-er”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Wischer m (strong, genitive Wischers, plural Wischer, feminine Wischerin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Wischers [genitive], Wischer [plural], Wischerin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Wischer [nominative, singular], Wischer [definite, nominative, plural], Wischers [genitive, singular], Wischer [definite, genitive, plural], Wischer [dative, singular], Wischern [dative, definite, plural], Wischer [accusative, singular], Wischer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. wiper Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Wischer-de-noun-wyh7uGa6 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 0
  2. (Switzerland) agent noun of wischen (“to sweep”) Tags: Switzerland, agent, form-of, masculine, strong Form of: wischen (extra: to sweep)
    Sense id: en-Wischer-de-noun-wZ4WEzHh Categories (other): Switzerland German
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: Scheibenwischer

Inflected forms

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      "name": "af"
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    {
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    {
      "form": "Wischer",
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    },
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      "form": "Wischern",
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    },
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      "name": "af"
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      "ipa": "[ˈvɪʃɐ]"
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