English Translation
She is my gypsy wife.
Is this the root of Sigourney Weaver’s first name??
Susan Alexandra Weaver is said to have picked her name from a minor character in The Great Gatsby Page:The Great Gatsby (1925).djvu/74 - Wikisource, the free online library
Whether Fitzgerald invented the name as a phonetic paraphrase is unknown to me.
Either way, be aware that the term Zigeuner is considered to be outdated and racist in modern German usage.
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