Reiger
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Reiger or a reduced form of Dutch de Reiger.
Proper noun
editReiger (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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German Low German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German reiger, rêger, from Old Saxon *hrēgar, *hrēgaro, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).
Noun
editReiger m (plural Reigers)
Derived terms
editCategories:
- 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