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**[[Dudweiler]], part of Saarbrücken |
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**[[Badenweiler]] Baden-Württemberg |
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There are about 168 [http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~kolb/DE-Ortsnamen.txt German places] with suffix '-weiler' in a total list of 11746. |
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==People== |
Revision as of 11:04, 2 August 2016
Weiler is a German word or suffix for village or hamlet. Etymologically it may derive from villa in Latin, but it is also compatible with the Germanic verb weilen, i.e., to remain at a place, similar to verwijlen (Dutch) and the meaning of the English word while. It may refer to:
Places
- Weiler, Austria, a town in Vorarlberg in Austria
- Weiler, Luxembourg, a hamlet in Luxembourg
- in Germany
- Weiler, Cochem-Zell, in the district Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Weiler, Mayen-Koblenz, in the district Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Weiler bei Bingen, in the district Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Weiler bei Monzingen, in the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate
- Weiler (Rottenburg), a suburb of Rottenburg am Neckar in the district of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg
- Dudweiler, part of Saarbrücken
- Badenweiler Baden-Württemberg
There are about 168 German places with suffix '-weiler' in a total list of 11746.
People
- Barbara Weiler (born 1946), a German politician
- Brenda Weiler, an American singer/songwriter
- Dirk Weiler, a German musical theatre actor living in the United States
- Joseph H. H. Weiler, (born 1951), a professor at New York University Law School
- Lance Weiler, an American film-maker and writer
- Lucien Weiler (born 1951), a Luxembourgian politician and jurist
- Max Weiler (1900–1969), Swiss footballer
- Raoul Weiler, President of the EU-Chapter of The Club of Rome
- Sepp Weiler (1921–1997), a West German ski jumper
- Sophie von Weiler (born 1958), a Dutch field hockey forward in the olympics
- Wayne Weiler (1934–2005), an American racecar driver
Rory Weiler (1995-present), A Buffalonian Musician
- Paul C. Weiler (born 1939) Harvard law professor and supporter of non obstante clause in Canada's constitution