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tetzlaff

/tˈɛtzləf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables
tet-zlaff
IPA
/tˈɛtzləf/
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

East German surname, from a Germanized form of a Slavic (Pomeranian or Polabian) personal name such as Těšislav, from teš (“to comfort, console”) (from Proto-Slavic *těšiti) + sława (“glory”). See also Tesch.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, *těšiti

Inflected Forms

Tetzlaffs (plural) Teclaw (alternative)

Rhymes With

retzlaff

Questions

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

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