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Polish names ending in "er"


YANTA  
8 Dec 2006 /  #1
I suppose these are somewhat rare names. Just how common are surnames ending in "er" these days in poland?

example: Treder , Szulfer
Jola  7 | 71  
9 Dec 2006 /  #2
"er" endings is normally jewish f.ex. Skoller.Pincher,Gringer,Lesner and so on.
OP YANTA  
9 Dec 2006 /  #3
The above I posted are polish but i had no idea jews carried "er" as well.
Jola  7 | 71  
9 Dec 2006 /  #4
szulfer seems to be a Jewish name as there were many Jews among the Kashubs in Poland.
OP YANTA  
11 Dec 2006 /  #5
Could be but certainly not the treders I know. Btw what do kaszebczi have to do with it :)
Matyjasz  2 | 1543  
12 Dec 2006 /  #6
Treder , Szulfer

Yeah, I also think that these are surnames of Polish Jews.
Narkommandant  2 | 37  
20 Dec 2006 /  #7
Does anyone on this site have a Kashubian background?


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Micek  - | 13  
21 Dec 2006 /  #8
Not only Jews! -er could also means German roots... My family name is Mitzner and it is'nt clear whether it's jewish origin or... else :)
Jola  7 | 71  
21 Dec 2006 /  #9
Micek...........
Mitzner, Rivka a name from a israelian professor.
You also fouond Mitzner as a ewish surname in Galicija.........
Seems to be used by galician jews.
Micek  - | 13  
21 Dec 2006 /  #10
Maybe, but not only. My grand grand father was from £ódź and as you may know it was in Russian not Austrian part of Poland. Yes I know there are a lot of Mitzners all around the globe, but in Poland only my family (4 people).
Jola  7 | 71  
22 Dec 2006 /  #11
£ódź was a city with plenty of jewish people .
Micek  - | 13  
22 Dec 2006 /  #12
German too :)
Jola  7 | 71  
22 Dec 2006 /  #13
This year's awards went to Stefan Chwin for the novel Esther (see review below), Piotr Mitzner for poem collection Myszoser and Joanna Pollakowna for essay collection Glina i swatlo (Clay and Light).

Piotr Mitzner's poetry is characterized by numerous metaphors, unusual endings and lingusitc experiments, all of which helps him to write disturbing poems creating atmosphere of restlessness.

I can find many more Mitzner in Poland...........

German too.......
Yes - its naturally. A great part of the polish jews origin were from Germany.
There fore they had a special language;jiddish with lot of german inspired words...
OP YANTA  
26 Dec 2006 /  #14
Treder is a polish/ kaszub name not jewish. A short search show this. Franciszek Treder organized the Kaszub museum in Kartuzy. It's also a fairly common name in the kaszuby reigon of poland.

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