Feuer is the German language

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

 word for fire

Fire

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition....

. From its origins, the word "feuer" has made its way into contemporary use as a family name.

According to Israel's Diaspora Museum, the surname, Feuer, indicates that the ancestors of those bearing this name were the "shedders of light and wisdom" on their villages.

People

• Cy Feuer
  Cy Feuer
  Cy Feuer was an American theatre producer, director, composer, and musician.Born Seymour Arnold Feuerman in Brooklyn, New York,he studied trumpet privately with Max Schlossberg, he became a professional trumpeter at the age of fifteen, working at clubs on weekends to help support his family while...
  
  
• Debra Feuer
  Debra Feuer
  Debra Feuer is an American actress. She starred in the movies Moment by Moment, The Hollywood Knights, To Live and Die in L.A., MacGruder and Loud, and in the italian movie Il burbero, as well as Homeboy, in which she starred with her then husband Mickey Rourke.Feuer played a minor role in the TV...
  
  
• Ian Feuer
  Ian Feuer
  Ian Anthony "Tony" Feuer is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper who spent most of his career with English clubs with time in Belgium and the United States.-Move to Belgium:...
  
  
• Lewis Samuel Feuer
  Lewis Samuel Feuer
  Lewis Samuel Feuer was an American sociologist. Initially a committed Marxist, he became a neo-conservative.-Life:Feuer was born in Manhattan, grew up on the Lower East Side, and attended DeWitt Clinton High school. He graduated from City College with distinction in 1931, and was awarded a Ph. D....
  
  
• Mike Feuer

See also

• Feuer (song)
  Feuer (song)
  "Feuer" was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978, performed in German by Ireen Sheer. This was Sheer's second Eurovision entry, in 1974 she had represented Luxembourg with "Bye Bye I Love You", then singing in French.The song is an up-tempo number about the power of love and how it...
  
  , German
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
   entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1978
  Eurovision Song Contest 1978
  The Eurovision Song Contest 1978 was the 23rd of its kind, and was held on 22 April 1978 in Paris. With Denise Fabre and Léon Zitrone as the presenters - the first time more than one presenter hosted the contest - the contest was won by Izhar Cohen & the Alphabeta who represented Israel, with their...
  
  , performed in German
  German language
  German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
  
   by Ireen Sheer
  Ireen Sheer
  Ireen Sheer is a German-British pop singer, who has competed in several Eurovision Song Contests over the past four decades...
  
  

• Feuer frei!
  Feuer frei!
  "Feuer frei!" is a song by German Industrial Metal band Rammstein. The song is released as the fifth single from their third album Mutter...
  
  , a song by Neue Deutsche Härte
  Neue Deutsche Härte
  Neue Deutsche Härte is a genre of industrial metal. The term was invented by the German music press after the release of the debut album Herzeleid by Rammstein....
  
   band Rammstein
  Rammstein
  Rammstein is a German Neue Deutsche Härte band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul H. Landers , Oliver "Ollie" Riedel , Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz...
  
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• Feuer (single), a single recorded by Swiss band Lacrimosa
  Lacrimosa (band)
  Lacrimosa is a duo led by German Tilo Wolff, the main composer, and Finnish Anne Nurmi, currently based in Switzerland, but originally from Germany...