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Gaumer

Gaumer proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Gaumer (plural Gaumers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Gaumer

pluralGaumers

Origin of Gaumer

From the German Gaumer, which referred to a person who functioned as a moral censor or supervisor in an official capacity. The German surname is a derivative of the verb gaumen (“to protect, to defend; to care for”), a term now limited to Switzerland. This verb in turn comes from Middle High German goumen, from Old High German goumen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną (“to heed, notice, observe, keep”). The verb is ultimately a cognate of the obsolete English verb yeme (“to observe, to pay attention”).

Questions about Gaumer

What does Gaumer mean?
Gaumer means a surname.
What part of speech is Gaumer?
Gaumer is a proper noun.

Words near Gaumer in the dictionary

  1. Gaultois
  2. gaults
  3. gaum
  4. gaum-like
  5. gaumed
  6. Gaumer
  7. Gaumers
  8. gauming
  9. gaumish
  10. gaumless
  11. gaumlessness

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