Zwicker

English

Proper noun

Zwicker (plural Zwickers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Zwicker is the 23238^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1097 individuals. Zwicker is most common among White (94.9%) individuals.

German

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡svɪkɐ/

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Noun

Zwicker m (strong, genitive Zwickers, plural Zwicker)

1. pince-nez

Declension

Declension of Zwicker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zwicker	die	Zwicker
genitive	eines	des	Zwickers	der	Zwicker
dative	einem	dem	Zwicker	den	Zwickern
accusative	einen	den	Zwicker	die	Zwicker

Descendants

• → Hungarian: cvikker
• → Polish: cwikier
• → Serbo-Croatian: cvìker, цвѝкер
• → Ukrainian: цві́кер (cvíker)

Further reading

• “Zwicker” in Duden online
• “Zwicker” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Zwicker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zwicker” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.