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Please note I got as far as B2...a long time ago. So I hope someone remembers the fantastic Bastian Schweinsteiger. My question is, is there some hidden meaning / history related to that surname OR is it just a hilariously bad surname?

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luwirsig profile picture luwirsigDecember 2020

I found this explanation: The name comes from a small village near Rosenheim in the south of Germany. The part ”-steig” does not come from the word climb (steigen) but from the middle-high-german word ”stige”, which means stable (Stall). So a person in the past called ”Schweinsteiger” lived in a stable with pigs.

Source:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweinsteiger_%28Familienname%29

  • Irmbert profile picture IrmbertJune 2021
    Or perhaps in a once quite common type of farmhouse with an integrated stable utilizing the energy from the animals’ body heat to keep the living area warm in winter.
milenedi profile picture milenediJanuary 2021
It’s his real name
ahmed4216 profile picture ahmed4216December 2020
What are you need ??