Veit

See also: veit

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Veit.

Proper noun

Veit (countable and uncountable, plural Veits)

1. A surname from German.
2. (uncountable) Sankt Veit, the German name for Saint Vitus in place names, otherwise "der heilige Veit".

Derived terms

• Sankt Veit an der Glan
• Sankt Veit im Pongau

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Veit is the 12496^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2481 individuals. Veit is most common among White (92.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Veit”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Vite, -tive, Viet., Viet

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Vīt, from Latin Vitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faɪ̯t/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Veit m (genitive Veits)

1. a male given name from Latin

Declension

Declension of Veit [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Veit	die	Veite, Veits
genitive	eines	des	Veits	der	Veite, Veits
dative	einem	dem	Veit	den	Veiten, Veits
accusative	einen	den	Veit	die	Veite, Veits

Derived terms

• Veitsbohne
• Veitstanz
• Sankt Veit

Proper noun

Veit m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Veits or (with an article) Veit, feminine genitive Veit, plural Veits)

1. a surname originating as a patronymic