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Gewirtz

Gewirtz proper noun: a surname from Yiddish.

Proper noun

Gewirtz (plural Gewirtzes)

  1. A surname from Yiddish.

Forms of Gewirtz

pluralGewirtzes

Origin of Gewirtz

Borrowed from Yiddish געװירץ (gevirts, “spices”), a metonymic occupational surname for a spicer. Compare German Gewürz (“spice”).

Questions about Gewirtz

What does Gewirtz mean?
Gewirtz means a surname from Yiddish.
What part of speech is Gewirtz?
Gewirtz is a proper noun.

Words near Gewirtz in the dictionary

  1. gewgawed
  2. gewgawish
  3. gewgawry
  4. gewgaws
  5. gewgawy
  6. Gewirtz
  7. Gewirtzes
  8. Gewissae
  9. Gewisse
  10. gewles
  11. gewog

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