What are some German Last Names and Meanings?

I am writing a Nazi story and I need a last name for Alice Wienstein's (the main character) best friend who is German. Her first name is Gretel. Can you give me some German last names AND their meanings?|||I think you definitly should use a typically german last name, and Gretel is usually used in Bavaria, so it should be a typical bavarian last name:


Huber


Mueller


Kaiser


Steiner


or my fav in that: Stadler.





If Gretel is actually not really a nazi: Schindler is a typical bavarian last name as well (if you know the movie Schindler's list).|||My mom's last name is Keesee, pronounced "Kahsee". It comes from the german word for cheese maker.





Hope that helps!|||Pifer - Was originally Pfeiffer. Which comes from the ancestors being known as those who played the fife, a musical instrument.|||Crider





from Kridel (I believe)





something about Chalk makers or something???


lol|||Reitz...I can't find the meaning of it though|||One of the most common German last names is M眉ller, which means miller (after the person that used to mill flower in the olden days)





also Schmidt or Schmitt are very common


derived from Schmied = farriers/horseshoer