Weiss

See also: weiss, weiß, Weiß, and wéiss

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weiß.

Proper noun

Weiss

1. A characteristical surname from German.
   • 2017 November 27, Ahiza Garcia, “How these Millennials are fighting for your holiday dollars”, in CNN‎:

     Weiss told CNNMoney that Glossier is choosy when it launches a new product.

Derived terms

• Curie-Weiss law
• Jackson-Weiss syndrome
• Mallory-Weiss syndrome
• Mallory-Weiss tear
• Weiss-Cook reaction
• weissite

Translations

surname

Chinese: Mandarin: 韋斯 / 韦斯 (Wéisī)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Weiss is the 587^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 57,112 individuals. Weiss is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.

Anagrams

• swies, wises, wisse

German

Noun

Weiss n (strong, genitive Weisses, no plural)

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Weiß

Declension

Declension of Weiss [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Weiss
genitive	eines	des	Weisses
dative	einem	dem	Weiss, Weisse1
accusative	ein	das	Weiss

¹Now rare, see notes.