Kretschmar

Kretschmar is a German occupational surname literally meaning "innkeeper" associated with the term Kretscham for village inn. It comes from Middle High German kretschmar, which was borrowed from a Slavic language, e.g. Czech krčmář.^[1][2] Other forms include Kretschmer, Kretzschmar, and Kreczmar (Polonized form).

Notable people with the surname include:

• Daniel Kretschmar (born 1976), German journalist
• Gerhard Kretschmar (1939–1939), German eugenics victim
• Helmut Kretschmar (born 1928), German classical tenor
• William Kretschmar (1933–2017), American politician

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Surnames associated with the occupation of innkeeping, tavern-keeping, etc.

English

• Taverner

Other Germanic

• Cruger, De Waard/De Waardt/De Waart/De Weerd/De Weerdt/De Weert, Gastwirt, Kreczmar (Polonized form), Kretschmann, Kretschmar, Kretzschmar, Kretschmer, Kretchmer, Kreuger, Kroeger/Kröger, Kroger (surname) Krug, Kruger, Krugman, Stuber, Tepper, Zapf

Romance

• French: Tavernier
• Italian: Oste
• Spanish: Tabernero
• Catalan: Taberner
• Romanian: Cârciumaru

Slavic

• South Slavic: Krcmar
• West Slavic: Hostinský, Krcmar, Kaczmarek, Karczmarz
• East Slavic: Karczmar, Korchmar, Kabachnik, Shinkaryov, Shynkarenko/Shinkarenko

Other

• Turkish: Hancı
• Arabic/Persian: Khanji

Surname list

This page lists people with the surname Kretschmar.
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