Reiger
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from German Reiger or a reduced form of Dutch de Reiger.
Proper noun[edit]
Reiger (plural Reigers)
- A surname.
Statistics[edit]
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Reiger is the 36695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Reiger is most common among White (91.79%) individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Reiger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German Low German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German reiger, rêger, from Old Saxon *hrēgar, *hrēgaro, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).
Noun[edit]
Reiger m (plural Reigers)
Derived terms[edit]
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from Dutch
- English surnames from German
- German Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German masculine nouns