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messner

/mˈɛsnɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English

Syllables
mess-ner
IPA
/mˈɛsnɚ/
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

Jewish and south German occupational surname for a churchwarden, from Middle High German mesnære, from Old High German mesināri, from Late Latin mansionarius, a derivative of mansio (“abode, dwelling”). Compare Mesner. This is also Slavicized as Slovene Mežnar (see Meznarich).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, mesnære, mesināri, mansionarius

Inflected Forms

Messners (plural)

Rhymes With

gessner gesner kesner glessner wesner lessner wessner flesner kessner essner

Questions

How do you pronounce messner?
The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɛsnɚ/.
What does messner mean?
A surname.
Where does messner come from?
It is traced to German.

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