Metzger

Meaning

butcher (male or of unspecified gender)

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛtsɡɐ/

Etymology

From Middle High German metziger, metzigære, variants of metzjer, metzjære, from Old High German meziāri, mezziāri (“butcher”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Old High German mezalāri, mezzilāri (“merchant, moneychanger, butcher”), from Latin macellārius (“meat trader”).

Sentences

Nach dem Schulabschluss arbeitete er als Metzger in der Metzgerei seines Vaters .

After graduating from school, he worked as a butcher in his father's butcher shop.