Zweig

ZweigOrigin

Language(s)| German, Yiddish
Meaning| twig, branch
Region of origin| Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria

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Zweig (German for "twig" or "branch") is a German and Yiddish surname. A shortening of Rosenzweig ("Rose branch").[1] It is the surname of:

* Alan Zweig, Canadian documentary filmmaker
* Ann Strickler Zweig, American scientist
* Arnold Zweig (1887–1968), German writer and pacifist
* Esther Zweig (1906-1981), American author, composer and translator
* George Zweig (born 1937), American particle physicist and neurobiologist
* Martin Zweig (1942–2013), American stock investor and financial analyst
* Stefan Zweig (1881–1942), Austrian writer
* Stefan Jerzy Zweig (born 1941) Austrian (formerly Polish) author and camera operator, Holocaust survivor
* Stefanie Zweig (1932–2014), German writer
* Rabbi Yochanan Zweig (born 1942), American Rosh Yeshiva
* Zachi Zweig, birth name of Zachi Dvira, Israeli archaeologist

## See also

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* All pages with titles containing Zweig

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## References

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1. ^ American Surnames by Elsdon C. Smith, page 263 in the 1972 printing, book first published in 1969