Bischof

== English == === Etymology === Occupational surname borrowed from German Bischof (“bishop”). === Proper noun === Bischof (plural Bischofs) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Bischof is the 18286th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1518 individuals. Bischof is most common among White (95.59%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bischof”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 164. == German == === Etymology === 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, but in Middle High German it irregularly developed into -v- (thus predominantly bischoves rather than bischoffes), which explains the (variably) lengthened vowel. This development has been ascribed to renewed Romance influence; compare Italian vescovo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪʃɔf/, /ˈbɪʃoːf/ (predominantly short, but forms with umlaut usually long) === Noun === Bischof m (strong, genitive Bischofs, plural Bischöfe, feminine Bischöfin) bishop (male or of unspecified gender) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Bischof” in Duden online “Bischof” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache