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What doe the name prefix Wwe. (German) mean?

As in "Wwe. Josef Eigner, Matzenheim".

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago
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    "Witwe," i.e., widow [of] Josef Eigner.

    Sometimes seen in company names, when the original male owner died and left the company to his widow, just as you'd see the company called "Johann Schmidts Soehne" if he left it to his sons.

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