Zimmermann is a

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for a

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. The modern German terms for the occupation of carpenter are Zimmerer, Tischler, or Schreiner, but Zimmermann is still used. ''Zimmer'' in German means room or archaically a chamber within a structure. The German ''man'' or ''mann'' (in English the extra ''n'' is ignored) is man or worker. The combination of the two means "a worker of wood", "room man" or room worker.Combined from several sources including: ''Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary'', 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books, and ''Concise Oxford Dictionary - 10th Edition'' by Oxford University Press. Zimmermann, as a surname is often confused with Zimmerman. The loss or addition of the double "n" may imply many things. This may include linguistic, racial, ethnic, religious or other cultural variations.Zimmerman - Zimmermann name history - http://www.ancestry.com/facts/zimmerman-family-history.ashx Many German names were often Anglicized or simplified by immigration officials upon entry into the United States. With Zimmermann the double 'n' Zimmermann was often seen as redundant in countries where English was spoken. As a part of routine, German names were often Anglicized or simplified later by immigrants to better fit in. Zimmerman became Carpenter for example. Sometimes this was done by immigration officials upon entry into the United States when the immigrant did not know how to spell their name and that variant became the legal name.

Notable people with the surname

Adolphus Zimmermann Adolphus (or Adolph) Zimmermann (February 23, 1812 – July 15, 1891) was an American brewer and politician from Mequon, Wisconsin. Born in the village of Noschkowitz outside Ostrau in the Kingdom of Saxony, Zimmermann emigrated to the Unit ...

(1812–1891), American politician * Alain Zimmermann (born 1967), German businessman * Alexandra Zimmermann, British conservation scientist *

Arthur Zimmermann Arthur Zimmermann (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1940) was State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the German Empire from 22 November 1916 until his resignation on 6 August 1917. His name is associated with the Zimmermann Telegram during World War ...

(1864–1940), German Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1917 *

Bodo Zimmermann Bodo Zimmermann (26 November 1886 – 16 April 1963) was a Nazi Germany, German general during the Second World War. He also was one of the few recipients of both German crosses (in Gold and in Silver). Biography Bodo Zimmermann was born in Metz ...

(1886–1963), a German general during World War II *

Dominikus Zimmermann Dominikus Zimmermann (30 June 1685, Gaispoint – 16 November 1766, Wies) was a German Rococo architect and stuccoist. Life Dominikus Zimmermann was born in Gaispoint near Wessobrunn in 1685 and became a Baumeister (Architect) and a stuc ...

(1685–1766), rococo architect * Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743–1815), German geographer and zoologist * Elizabeth Zimmermann (1910–1999), British-born knitter and writer * Evan Zimmermann (born 1968), American businessman *

Friedrich Zimmermann Friedrich Zimmermann (18 July 1925 – 16 September 2012) was a German politician and a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU). From 1982 to 1989, he was the federal minister of interior. From 1989 to 1991 he held the position of federal min ...

(1925–2012), German politician * Hubert Zimmermann (1941–2012), French Computer Networks scientist and entrepreneur * Jens Zimmermann (disambiguation) *

Jérémie Zimmermann Jérémie Zimmermann (born 1978) is a French computer science engineer co-founder of the Paris-based La Quadrature du Net, a citizen advocacy group defending fundamental freedoms online and co-founder of Hacking With Care, a "collective compose ...

, (born 1978) co-founder of the Paris-based

La Quadrature du Net La Quadrature du Net ('' Squaring the Net'' in French) is a French advocacy group that promotes digital rights and freedoms for its citizens. It advocates for French and European legislation to respect the founding principles of the Internet, ...

* Jeri Lynn Zimmermann (born 1968), better known as Jeri Ryan, actress * Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann (1728–1795), Swiss philosopher and physician *

Johann Jacob Zimmermann Johann Jacob Zimmermann (November 25, 1642 – 1693) was a German nonconformist theologian, millenarian, mathematician, and astronomer. Life Zimmermann was born in Vaihingen, Württemberg (now Germany) on November 25, 1642."Who Do You Think You ...

(1644–1693), German nonconformist * Joseph Zimmermann (engineer) (1912–2004), American inventor of the first successful answering machine * Lydia Zimmermann (born 1966), Spanish filmmaker * Marie Zimmermann (1878–1972), American designer * Paul Zimmermann (1895–1980), German SS-Brigadeführer * Paul Zimmermann (blacksmith) (born 1939), German blacksmith who created contemporary forge work * Paul Zimmermann (born 1964), French computational mathematician * Philip R. Zimmermann (born 1954), creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) e-mail encryption software * Pia Zimmermann (born 1956), German politician * Raquel Zimmermann (born 1983), Brazilian fashion model *

Reinhard Zimmermann Reinhard Zimmermann (born 10 October 1952) is a German jurist and a director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law. Since 2011 he has been the President of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. Life Zim ...

(born 1952), German jurist * Reinhard Sebastian Zimmermann (1815–1893), German artist *

Sabine Zimmermann (TV host) Sabine Zimmermann (22 July 1951 – 1 May 2020) was a German television host and producer, mainly known for her involvement with popular crime-solving programme ''Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst''. Biography Zimmermann was the adopted daughter o ...

(1951–2020), German TV host *

Sabine Zimmermann (politician) Sabine Zimmermann (born 30 December 1960) is a German politician. Born in Pasewalk, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, she represents The Left. She has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony since 2005. Life Zimmermann became a me ...

(born 1960), German politician * Walter Max Zimmerman (1892–1980), German botanist *

Warren Zimmermann Warren Zimmermann (November 16, 1934 – February 3, 2004) was an American career diplomat best known as the last US ambassador to SFR Yugoslavia before its disintegration in a series of civil wars. Zimmermann was a member of the Yale Class ...

(1934–2004), American ambassador *

Wolfhart Zimmermann Wolfhart Zimmermann (17 February 1928 – 18 September 2016) was a German theoretical physicist. Zimmermann attained a doctorate in 1950 at Freiburg im Breisgau in topology ("Eine Kohomologietheorie topologischer Räume"). Biography Zimmermann w ...

(1928–2016), German theoretical physicist

Composers

Anton Zimmermann Anton Zimmermann (25 December 1741 in Široká Niva – 16 October 1781 in Bratislava) was a Silesian-born Slovak composer and contemporary of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Zimmermann spent most of his career in Bratislava, then cap ...

(1741–1781), Austrian composer living and working in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

* Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970), German composer of the opera '' Die Soldaten'' * Udo Zimmermann (1943–2021), German composer from

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

, not related *

Walter Zimmermann Walter Zimmermann (born 15 April 1949) is a German composer associated with the Cologne School. Born in Schwabach, Germany, Zimmermann studied composition in Germany with Werner Heider and Mauricio Kagel, the theory of musical intelligence at ...

(born 1949), German composer from Schwabach, not related

Musicians

Dan Zimmermann Daniel Hans Erwin Zimmermann (born 30 October 1966 in Nürnberg, West Germany) is a retired heavy metal drummer. Dan is best known as having been the drummer of German power metal bands Gamma Ray and Freedom Call from 1997 to 2012. He was a fou ...

(born 1966), German drummer for power metal band

Gamma Ray A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol γ or \gamma), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. It consists of the shortest wavelength electromagnetic waves, typically ...

* Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, birth name of Ethel Merman (1908–1984), American singer and actress * Frank Peter Zimmermann (born 1965), German violinist *Josef Zimmermann, ** German

Cologne Cathedral Cologne Cathedral (german: Kölner Dom, officially ', English: Cathedral Church of Saint Peter) is a Catholic cathedral in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of ...

organist ** German weight lifter *

Margarita Zimmermann Margarita Zimmermann (born October 3, 1942) is an Argentine mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertories. Life and career Born in Hurlingham, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, she made her debut as a recitalist a ...

(born 1942), Argentinian

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

* Robert Allen Zimmerman (born 1941), American musician, best known as Bob Dylan *

Tabea Zimmermann Tabea Zimmermann (born 8 October 1966) is a German violist. Born in Lahr, she began learning to play the viola at the age of three, and commenced piano studies at age five. At the age of 13, she studied viola with Ulrich Koch at the Conservator ...

(born 1966), German violist

Sportspeople

Andréa Zimmermann Andréa Ursina Zimmermann (born 18 August 1976) from Monthey is a female Swiss ski mountaineer and mountain runner. Zimmermann was born in Biel/Bienne. She competed first in the 2000 Trophée du Muveran race and has been member of the national te ...

(born 1976), Swiss ski mountaineer *

Andreas Zimmermann Andreas Zimmermann (born 28 December 1969) is a German football manager and a former player who played as a defender. He is the manager of Rot Weiss Ahlen. He began his career in his hometown of Berlin, before spending seven years playing for LR ...

(born 1969), German footballer *

Bruce Zimmermann Bruce Anthony Zimmermann (born February 9, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Zimmermann graduated from Loyola Blakefield in 2013. Undrafted out of high scho ...

(born 1995), American baseball player *

Christian Zimmermann Christian Zimmermann (né Brühe) (born 12 December 1961 in Cologne, Germany) is a German-born Palestinian Olympic dressage rider. He represented Palestine at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy where he finished 68th in the individual ...

(born 1961), German-Palestinian

dressage Dressage ( or ; a French term, most commonly translated to mean "training") is a form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, as well as an art sometimes pursued solely for the sake of mastery. As an equestrian sport defined b ...

rider *

Christoph Zimmermann Christoph Zimmermann (born 12 January 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Darmstadt 98. Career Early career Zimmermann joined Borussia Dortmund II in 2014 from Borussia Mönchengladbach. He made his pr ...

(born 1993), German footballer *

Cyril Zimmermann Cyril Zimmermann (born 16 January 1976) is a Swiss football referee. He became a FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the intern ...

(born 1976), Swiss football referee * Egon Zimmermann, (1939–2020) 1964 Olympic alpine skier from Austria * Egon Zimmermann I (born 1933), 1960 Olympic alpine skier from Austria and who married

Penny Pitou Penelope Theresa "Penny" Pitou (born October 8, 1938) is a former United States Olympic alpine skier, who in 1960 became the first American skier to win a medal in the Olympic downhill event. In 2001, Pitou was inducted into the New England Wome ...

* Felicia Zimmermann (born 1975), American Olympic fencer * Georg Zimmermann (born 1997), German cyclist *

Herbert Zimmermann (football commentator) Herbert Zimmermann (29 November 1917 – 16 December 1966) was a popular German football commentator. He did one of the most famous pieces of commentary in German during the World Cup final in 1954 by "recommending" the goal that won "The Mir ...

(1917–1966), German football commentator and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient *

Herbert Zimmermann (footballer) Herbert Zimmermann (born 1 July 1954) is a former German football player. Club career A successful striker, Zimmermann was signed by FC Bayern Munich and also appeared as central defender for 1. FC Köln, the club he joined after he did n ...

(born 1954), German football player * Iris Zimmermann (born 1981), American Olympic fencer * Jordan Zimmermann (born 1986),

Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

pitcher *

Pierre Zimmermann (bridge) Pierre Zimmermann (born May 26, 1955) is a Swiss-born real estate developer and champion bridge player formerly resident in Monaco. As a developer, Zimmermann is founder and CEO of Zimmermann Immobilier, a real estate company in Geneva. As a br ...

(born 1955), Monegasque bridge player

References

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