Seiger

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Seiger. === Proper noun === Seiger (plural Seigers) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Seiger is the 41359th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 526 individuals. Seiger is most common among White (94.68%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Seiger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == German == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German seigære, from seigen, possibly related to sīgen, from *sīganą. Alternatively, seigen may be derived from exagium. Compare Hungarian cseger, Polish zegar, and Yiddish זייגער (zeyger). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzaɪ̯ɡɐ/ Hyphenation: Sei‧ger Homophone: seiger === Noun === Seiger m (strong, genitive Seigers, plural Seiger) (obsolete or regional) clock (chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day) Synonym: Uhr (obsolete) hand (index or pointer on a dial, such as on an analogue clock) Synonyms: Uhrweiser, Uhrzeiger, Zeiger ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Seiger”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “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