Missfields
Missfelder is a family name that is more common in Low German .
To interpret the name, it should be pointed out that the ending probably does not belong to Feld . The family name Misfeldt , also in the spellings Missfeldt, Missfeldt, Misfeld, Miesfeld, Mießfelder, Missfelder and others - formerly also Mißfald - are Low German family names that can be found early in Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg . According to a Middle Low German concise dictionary from 1888 , Mesvald = fertilizer heap, fertilizer pit is a place where the fertilizer is stored until it is driven away and brought to the field.
Well-known namesake
- Philipp Missfelder (1979–2015), German politician
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Name research : MISFELDT (Schleswig State Archives Section 399.94 No. 3) - The family name Misfeldt. (June 1957)