Seiger

Borrowed from German Seiger.

Seiger (plural Seigers)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seiger is the 41359^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Seiger is most common among White (94.68%) individuals.

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

Inherited from Middle High German seigære, from seigen, possibly related to sīgen, from Proto-Germanic *sīganą. Alternatively seigen may be derived from Latin exagium. Compare Polish zegar, Yiddish זייגער (zeyger), Hungarian cseger.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ɡɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Sei‧ger
• Homophone: seiger

Seiger m (strong, genitive Seigers, plural Seiger)

1. (obsolete or regional) clock (timekeeper)

   Synonym: Uhr

2. hand (index or pointer on a dial, such as on an analogue/analog clock)

   Synonyms: Uhrweiser, Uhrzeiger

• “Seiger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Seiger” in Duden online
• “Seiger”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Seiger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon