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A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical with the French one; or from an ethnic term for a German.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A surname transferred from the given name. Full definition →
A patronymic from a medieval given name, identical with the French one; or from an ethnic term for a German.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.