Metzger

Meaning

butcher (male or of unspecified gender)

Concepts

butcher

slaughterer

Butcher

butchers

Synonyms

Fleischer

Schlachter

Fleischhacker

Schlächter

Fleischhauer

Metzgerei

Fleischerin

grausam

Fleischerladen

Katzow

Metzgerfest

fleischfressend

Metzlerin

Katzoff

Knochenhauerin

Metzler

Schlachterin

Schlächterin

Fleischhauerin

Fleischhackerin

Knochenhauer

reißend

Metzgerin

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.