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Zweig

Zweig proper noun: a surname from German or Yiddish.

Proper noun

Zweig

  1. A surname from German or Yiddish.
    • “This is a harsh but probably necessary strategy to re-establish control over an underregulated sector,” David Zweig, a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said of the death-sentence verdict. […] Mr. Zweig at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, however...2007 July 7, David Barboza, “China Sentences Official to Death for Corruption”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021

Origin of Zweig

Borrowed from German Zweig.

Words formed from Zweig

Questions about Zweig

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

Words near Zweig in the dictionary

  1. zweckrationalität
  2. zweibein
  3. zweibeins
  4. Zweifach
  5. Zweifachs
  6. Zweig
  7. Zweigelt
  8. Zweigelts
  9. Zweigian
  10. zweihander
  11. zweihanders

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