Schwimmer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwimmer.

Proper noun

Schwimmer (plural Schwimmers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schwimmer is the 25518^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 968 individuals. Schwimmer is most common among White (95.56%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From schwimmen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvɪmɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Schwimmer m (strong, genitive Schwimmers, plural Schwimmer, feminine Schwimmerin)

1. agent noun of schwimmen
   1. float
   2. swimmer

Declension

Declension of Schwimmer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schwimmer	die	Schwimmer
genitive	eines	des	Schwimmers	der	Schwimmer
dative	einem	dem	Schwimmer	den	Schwimmern
accusative	einen	den	Schwimmer	die	Schwimmer

Further reading

• “Schwimmer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schwimmer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schwimmer” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvimɐ/

Noun

Schwimmer m (plural Schwimmer, feminine Schwimmerin)

1. swimmer

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary