English

Proper noun

Schneider

1. A surname​.

See also

• Snider
• Snyder

French

Proper noun

Schneider

1. A surname​.

German

Etymology

From schneiden ‎(“to cut”), from Old High German snīdan, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną ‎(“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneyt- ‎(“to cut”), equivalent to schneiden +‎ -er. Compare Yiddish שנײַדער ‎(shnayder).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃnaɪ̯dɐ/

Noun

Schneider m ‎(genitive Schneiders, plural Schneider, diminutive Schneiderlein n, feminine Schneiderin)

1. a tailor
2. a cranefly

Declension

Distribution of the surname Schneider in Germany

Related terms

• schneiden
• Schneidersitz
• Schneiderei

Proper noun

Schneider m, f ‎(genitive Schneiders)

1. A common surname​.

Luxembourgish

Noun

Schneider m ‎(plural Schneider)

1. tailor