Weiss

Weiss
This is a famous German surname. Recorded in many forms including Weis, Weiss, Weisz, Weisse, Weissman, Vesiman, Vaisman, Veisser and as the prefix to "ornamental" surnames such as Weissbaum, Weissbecher, Weissburg, and many others, this is an ancient German surname of several possible origins. It is cognate with the British surname "White", and as such was originally a baptismal name of endearment for a child with fair hair or pale complexion, or it was an ethnic name for a Scandanavian Viking, or it may have been a medieval nickname for a person with white or grey hair, at a time when to reach the age of forty was exceptional. It is not surprising that it is one of the first of all German surnames to be recorded, and arguably one of the first surnames anywhere in the world, although Erich Albus of Zurich, Switzerland in the year 968 a.d., a Latin form, would certainly not have recognised his name as being any sort of surname, it was simply as an easy description of Erich the White! In Germany Ricardus Weisse appears in the charters of Illesheim in the year 1322, whilst Claus Wisemann is recorded in the city of Strasburg in 1333.

Surnames reference. 2013.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Weiss — steht für: Weiss (Familienname); bekannte Namensträger siehe dort Weiss, ein Ort im Ortsteil Dillishausen der Gemeinde Lamerdingen im Landkreis Ostallgäu, Bayern Weiss (Fluss), Nebenfluss der Fecht im Elsass Gebrüder Weiss, Vorarlberger Transport …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • WEISS (P.) — Le nom de Peter Weiss, écrivain germano suédois, reste attaché à son théâtre documentaire. Ce dernier, d’inspiration marxiste, dérive en partie de l’expérimentalisme des années 1920; il connut son heure vers la fin des années 1960 en République… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Weiss — Weiss,   1) Harald, Komponist, * Salzgitter 26. 5. 1949; studierte in Hannover und Hamburg (Schlagzeug, Komposition, Schulmusik), war 1973 84 Dozent für Schlaginstrumente an der Hochschule in Hannover, seit 1976 freischaffend tätig als Komponist …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Weiss — (or Weiß, German for white) may refer to:* Weiss (surname), including Weiß * Louise Weiss, a French author, journalist, feminist and European politician * Mount Weiss, a mountain located in the Sunwapta River valley of Jasper National Park * USS… …   Wikipedia

  • WEISS (L.) — Louise WEISS 1893 1983 Née le 25 janvier 1893 à Arras, dans une famille de la grande bourgeoisie (son père, haut fonctionnaire, appartenait à une dynastie de l’Alsace protestante; sa mère, juive, descendante de banquiers saint simoniens, était la …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Weiss — puede hacer referencia a: Bernhard Weiss, teólogo protestante alemán. Peter Weiss, escritor alemán. Sabine Weiss, fotógrafa suiza. Silvius Leopold Weiss, músico barroco alemán. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Weiss — Weiss, Peter Ulrich Weiss, Pierre …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Weiss — Weiss, Weis Correspond à l alsacien ou à l allemand weiss (= blanc). Sobriquet désignant celui qui a les cheveux blancs …   Noms de famille

  • Weiss — (izg. vàjs), Peter (Ulrich) (1916 1982) DEFINICIJA njemački pisac romana i dramskih djela te slikar; 1934. s obitelji emigrirao u Švedsku; poetika pod utjecajem nadrealizma F. Kafke, H. Millera (tragikomičan igrokaz Patnje gospodina Mockinpotta,… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Weiss — Peter (deutscher Schriftsteller) …   Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • Weiss — «vys, wys», noun. German. an ornate style of printing type …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”