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Fischer is a German occupational surname, meaning fisherman. The name Fischer is the fourth most common German surname. The English version is Fisher.

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Köhler is a German occupational surname literally meaning "charcoal burner". Kohler and Koehler are English transliterations of the surname.

Maurer is a German surname, translating in English to "bricklayer" or "wall builder." Notable people with the surname include:

Steinmetz/Steynmets is a German surname, meaning 'stonemason'. It may refer to:

Schlechter is a family surname of German origin. Derived from the high German surname Schlachter, the name hails from the Bavarian region and was typically given to families within the butcher professions. Notable people with the surname include:

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Drucker (; ) is an occupational surname of German and Dutch origin. Notable people and characters with the surname include:

Metzger (also Mezger) is a German/Yiddish (German-Jewish) occupational surname, meaning "butcher". Notable people with the name include:

Glaser is a surname that is derived from the occupation of the glazier, or glass cutter.

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.

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Schreiner is a family name of German origin.

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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:

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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:

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Brauer or Bräuer is a surname of German origin, meaning "brewer". Notable people with the name include:-

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Schlegel is a German occupational surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Liebknecht is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Zöllner (literally "toll keeper") is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Baader is a surname of German origin.

Fleischer (or Fleisher) is a common German and Yiddish family name. Its literal meaning is "butcher". Other German family names with the same meaning include Metzger, Mezger, Fleischman, and Fleischmann.

Ziegler is a common German-language surname meaning "brick-maker" and may refer to the following people:

Lederer is a surname of German origin, meaning "leatherworker". Notable people with the surname include:

Klopfer is a German occupational surname, derived from the Middle High German klopfen, meaning "to pound, bang, or hammer", and thus indicating a person in the clothing trade, mining or metal working. Notable people with the surname include:

Goldschmidt is a German surname meaning "Goldsmith". Notable people with the surname include:

Kastner is a German language surname, originating from the medieval occupation Kastner ("bursary officer"). Notable people with the surname include:

Priester (German for "priest") may refer to:

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Fuhrmann (German for "carter") is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

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Bergmann is a German or Swedish surname. It means "mountain man" in both languages, as well as "miner" in German. Bergman is also a common surname in the United States, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.

Siegel (also Segal, Segali or Segel), is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Alternate spellings include Sigel, Sigl, Siegl, and others.

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Förster or Foerster is a German surname meaning "forester". (It has often been Anglicised as Forster). Notable people of this name include:

Falkner (German for "falconer") may refer to:

Bader is a German occupational surname derived from the German word "Bad" meaning "bath". It originally referred to the owners or attendants of bathhouses, who subsequently took on other tasks including cutting hair and dentistry.

Wehner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alejandro Wehner, Argentine film director David Wehner, CFO of Facebook Herbert Wehner (1906–1990), German politician; served in the Bundestag 1949–83 John Wehner (born 1967), American professional baseball player and sports broadcaster Josef Magnus Wehner (1891–1973), German author and playwright Joseph Frank Wehner (1895–1918), American fighter pilot in World War I Oliver Wehner (born 1984), German politician Paul Wehner (1896–1982), German sports shooter Peter Wehner (born 1961), American political writer Shane Wehner (

Kellner is a German surname literally meaning "waiter". Notable people with the surname include:

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Kästner (transliterated Kaestner) is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

__NOTOC__ Deichmann () is a German topographic or occupational surname. Deichmann or Deichman may refer to:

Baumeister (German for builder) is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: