Bischof

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

Bischof (plural Bischofs)

1. A surname from German.

• 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.

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪʃɔf/, /ˈbɪʃoːf/

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

1. bishop (male or of unspecified gender)

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