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Morgenthau
Morgenthau is a German surname meaning "morning dew". Notable people with the surname include:
Erhard
Erhard is a male German given name and surname, and may refer to:
Wirth
Wirth is a German surname which may refer to any of the following individuals:
Glaser
Glaser is a surname that is derived from the occupation of the glazier, or glass cutter.
Tolkien
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Wunderlich
Wunderlich may refer to:
20347 Wunderlich, a main-belt asteroid
Wunderlich (vacuum tube), vacuum tube radio detector from the early 1930s
Wunderlich (panels), decorative panels used in Australian architecture, often as ceilings
Wunderlich Intermediate School, Klein Independent School District, Texas, USA
Wunderlich Act, a 1954 United States law regarding federal government administration
Köppen
Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schulz
Schulz is a common German family name from Germany, particularly Northern Germany. The word Schulz originates from the local official title of Schultheiß or Schulze, meaning head of town/village (akin to today's office of mayor) or judge. The final "e" of Schulze was often dropped as early as the 15th century.
Zimmermann
Zimmermann is a German occupational surname for a carpenter. The modern German terms for the occupation of carpenter are Zimmerer, Tischler, or Schreiner, but Zimmermann is still used.
Drucker
Drucker (; ) is an occupational surname of German and Dutch origin. Notable people and characters with the surname include:
Uthman
male given name
Schreiber
family name
Eichenberg
Eichenberg may refer to:
Rubinstein
Rubinstein is a surname of Ashkenazi Jews. It comes from German and Yiddish, where it means "ruby-stone". Notable persons named Rubinstein include:
Pfalz
Pfalz, Pfälzer, or Pfälzisch are German words referring to Palatinate.
Hoffmann
Hoffmann is a German surname.
Schenker
Schenker is the surname derived from the Middle High German and Middle Low German word Schenker from the verb schenken, 'to give', 'to serve (a drink)', and thus having the meanings of innkeeper or cupbearer. It may also be derived from this word used as a nickname meaning "drinker".
Schreiner
Schreiner is a family name of German origin.
Scholz
family name
Wilhelm
male given name
Ebert
Ebert is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Lindemann
Lindemann is a German surname.
Wernicke
Wernicke is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schmelzer
Schmelzer is a surname. Derived forms of the name include Smelser, Smelcer, Schmeltzer, Smelzer, Smeltzer and Schmelzer, Schmeltzer.
Nussbaum
Nussbaum is a surname of German origin. Variant spellings include Nußbaum and Nusbaum. The word means "one who dwells near trees", likely referring to hazelnut trees or walnut trees.
Schuster
Schuster (meaning 'shoemaker', 'cobbler') is a common German surname. It is also common among Ashkenazi Jews, sometimes spelled Shuster. Other spelling variants of the name include Schuester, Šustr and Šuštar. Notable people with the surname include:

Adalbert
thumb | right | alt=alt=Refer to caption | Adalbert of Prague by Mihály Kovács.
Adalbert is a German given name which means "noble bright" or "noble shining", derived from the words adal (meaning noble) and berht (shining or bright). Alternative spellings include Adelbart, Adelbert and Adalberto. Derivative names include Albert and Elbert.
Bucha
Bucha may refer to:
Naumann
Naumann is a Central German variation of the surname Neumann. Notable people with the surname include:
Hofer
Hofer may refer to:
Schur
Schur is a German or Jewish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hirschbach
Hirschbach may refer to:
Wenzel
Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German and Old English form of the Czech given name Václav or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wacław, Więcław, Wiesław (Polish), Venceslas/Wenceslas (French), Venceslao (Italian), Venceslau (Portuguese), Wenceslao (Spanish).
Bitsch
Bitsch is a surname of German origin. Notable people with the surname include:
Trick
Trick(s) may refer to:
Holzer
Holzer, also spelt Holczer, is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It may be a topographic surname meaning "forest dweller" or an occupational surname meaning "woodcutter" or "wood seller", or a toponymic surname for someone hailing from a place named Holz. Notable people include:
Goldstein
family name
Kirchhoff
Kirchhoff, Kirchoff or Kirchhoffer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Keller
family name
Bastian
Bastian is a German short form of Sebastian.
Koch
family name
Gottfried
Gottfried is a masculine German given name.
It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century, and composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for "God" and "good", and possibly further conflated with ) and ("peace" or "protection").
Winkler
family name
Heimbach
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Hildebrandt
Hildebrandt is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bergius
Bergius is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schlossberg
Schlossberg or Schloßberg (German for Castle Mountain; usually a hill or mountain with a "castle" on it) may refer to:
Simon
family name
Diehl
Diehl may refer to:
Achenbach
Achenbach is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Porsche
Wikimedia disambiguation page
Lang
family name
Zorn
family name
Neumann
Neumann () is a German surname, with its origins in the pre-7th-century (Old English) word neowe meaning "new", with mann, meaning man. The English form of the name is Newman. Von Neumann is a variant of the name, and alternative spellings include Neuman, Naumann(s), Nauman, Neiman, and Nyeman.
Lehmann
Lehmann is a German surname.
Hochberg
Hochberg () may refer to:
Kunze
Kunz, Künz, or Kunze is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Berger
Berger is a surname in both German and French, although there is no etymological connection between the names in the two languages. The French surname is an occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French bergier (Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex 'ram'). The German surname derives from the word Berg, the word for "mountain" or "hill", and means "a resident on a mountain or hill", or someone from a toponym Berg, derived from the same. The pronunciation of the English name may sometimes be , following the French phonetics
the German one is , anglicized as . Notable people with this surname
Langer
Langer is a surname originally of German origin. For the etymology, meaning, and pronunciation of the name, and for the Hiberno-English slang word, see Wiktionary.
Jonas
name: given name and surname