# Schiefer

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**Schiefer** is a German-language surname and a metonymic occupational name for a [roofer](/source/Roofer).[1][2] It may refer to:

- [Arnold Schiefer](/source/Arnold_Schiefer) (born 1966), Austrian politician
- [Gernot Schiefer](/source/Gernot_Schiefer)
- [Ulrich Schiefer](/source/Ulrich_Schiefer) (1952), German rural and development sociologist and anthropologist
- [Ulrich W. Schiefer](/source/Ulrich_W._Schiefer) (1958), German graduated engineer
- [Waltraud Schiefer](/source/Waltraud_Schiefer) (1979), Italian luger

## References

1. ["Schiefer Surname"](https://forebears.io/surnames/schiefer). *forebears.io*. Retrieved 2022-08-09. Approximately 11,257 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany. Highest density in: Austria.

1. ["Schiefer Name Meaning"](https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=schiefer). *ancestry.com*. Retrieved 2022-08-09. German And Jewish (Ashkenazic): Metonymic Occupational Name For A Roofer From Middle High German Schiver ‘Splinter (Stone Or Wood)’ Middle Low German Schiver ‘Slate Shingle’ German Schiefer ‘Slate’. German (Lower Rhine): Variant Of Schaefer .

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