Pfeiffer (family name)

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Relative frequency of the Pfeiffer surname in Germany (as of May 2010)

Pfeiffer is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

The name Pfeiffer is derived from the musical job title “ Pfeiffer ”. A North German form of the same name is " Pieper ", another Pfeifer .

Name bearer

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In the literature

A well-known scene from the novel Die Feuerzangenbowle by Heinrich Spoerl is linked to the orthography of the Pfeiffer family name . In order to make up for lost life experience, the successful young writer Johannes Pfeiffer enters the high school graduation class of a public school. Professor Crey greets the new student: 

See werden sech recht wohl bei ons föhlen. See heißen?
  D D Dok.... Jo. Johann Pfeiffer
Met einem F oder met zwei?
  Mit drei Herr Professor
Met drei F?
  Eins vor dem ei zwei hinterm ei, bitte.
See send etwas albern. See waren noch auf keiner Anstalt? Das spört man. See werden sech an strenge Scholzocht gewöhnen mössen. Setzen See sech.