Schreiner

English

Alternative forms

• Shreiner

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schreiner.

Proper noun

Schreiner (plural Schreiners)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schreiner is the 4359^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8152 individuals. Schreiner is most common among White (95.5%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schreiner”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schrīnære, derived from schrīn (“cupboard”). Analysable as Schrein +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʁaɪ̯nɐ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Schrei‧ner

Noun

Schreiner m (strong, genitive Schreiners, plural Schreiner, feminine Schreinerin)

1. (chiefly western Germany, Southern Germany, Switzerland) joiner (maker of wooden furniture)

   Synonym: Tischler

Declension

Declension of Schreiner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schreiner	die	Schreiner
genitive	eines	des	Schreiners	der	Schreiner
dative	einem	dem	Schreiner	den	Schreinern
accusative	einen	den	Schreiner	die	Schreiner

Derived terms

• schreinern
• Schreinerei
• Schreinermeister

See also

• Zimmermann

Further reading

• “Schreiner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schreiner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schreiner” in Duden online
• Schreiner on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de