Weidemann is a German
family name
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and may be deduced from the
Middle High German
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terms for hunter or woad farmer.
The German word ''Weide'' also means willow, as well as pasture. The name could thus translate into willowman and hence suggests alternative meanings such as the occupational name for a basket maker or a person living near a willowtree. Since ''Weide'' (the tree) derives from Middle High German ''wîda'', these meanings can not be assigned to the family name, whose origin dates back to mediaeval times.
The family name Weidemann is first found in Westphalia, Germany, where the name Weidemann emerged in mediaeval times as one of the notable families of the region.
People with the surname
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Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (7 December 1770 in Brunswick – 31 December 1840 in Kiel) was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist. He is best known for his studies of world Diptera, but he also studied Hymenoptera a ...
(1770–1840) - German entomologist.
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Isabelle Weidemann (born 1995) - Canadian speed skater
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Jakob Weidemann (1923–2001) - Norwegian painter.
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Kurt Weidemann (1922–2011), German typographer, graphic designer, author, teacher.
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Magnus Weidemann (1880–1967) - German evangelist, Photographer and Painter.
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Volker Weidemann (1924-2012) - German astronomer.
["Masses and Evolutionary Status of White Dwarfs", Volker Weidemann, http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.aa.28.090190.000535?cookieSet=1&journalCode=astro]
See also
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Weidemann GmbH
Weidemann GmbH is a multinational agricultural machinery company based in Diemelsee-Flechtdorf in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg in Hesse, Germany. It produces Hoftracs, wheel loaders, telescopic wheel loaders and telehandlers, which are pre ...
, a manufacturer of agricultural equipment
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Weideman
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Weidmann
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Weidenmann
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German-language surnames
Occupational surnames