Sutskever

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proper noun

A surname from Yiddish

OriginYiddish סוצקעווער ← Belarusian Су́цькава ← Polish Sućkowo →
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Meanings

proper nounSutskever (plural Sutskevers)

plural Sutskevers

  1. A surname from Yiddish

Origin

  1. RussianСу́тьково
  2. PolishSućkowo
  3. BelarusianСу́цькава
  4. Yiddishסוצקעווער
  5. EnglishSutskever

Borrowed from Yiddish סוצקעווער (sutskever), from variously Belarusian Су́цькава (Súcʹkava), Polish Sućkowo, Russian Су́тьково (Sútʹkovo) etc. + ־ער (-er), all referring to Sutkovo (“Суцькава”), a village in what is now the Grodno/Hrodna Region of Belarus.

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APA

Sutskever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutskever

MLA

“Sutskever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutskever. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sutskever,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sutskever.

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