Bischof

See also: bischof

English

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Bischof

Etymology

Occupational surname borrowed from German Bischof (“bishop”).

Proper noun

Bischof (plural Bischofs)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Bischof is the 18286^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1518 individuals. Bischof is most common among White (95.59%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bischof”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 164.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bischof, from Old High German biscof, from Proto-West Germanic *biskop, from Latin episcopus. The -f- is due to the High German consonant shift as evidenced by the Old High German attestations. However, in Middle High German it irregularly developed into -v- (thus predominantly bischoves rather than bischoffes). This has been ascribed to renewed Romance influence; compare Italian vescovo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪʃɔf/, /ˈbɪʃoːf/
Audio: (file)

Noun

Bischof m (strong, genitive Bischofs, plural Bischöfe, feminine Bischöfin)

bishop (male or of unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Bischof [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bischof	die	Bischöfe
genitive	eines	des	Bischofs	der	Bischöfe
dative	einem	dem	Bischof	den	Bischöfen
accusative	einen	den	Bischof	die	Bischöfe

Derived terms

Further reading

“Bischof” in Duden online
“Bischof” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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