Scharnhorst
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English
Etymology
From German Scharnhorst, from Low German Scharnhorst, from Middle Low German Scharnhorst, from scharn (“dirty, damp”) + horst (“wooded hill”), from Old Saxon *skarn + hurst, from Proto-Germanic *skarną + *hursti.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Scharnhorst (countable and uncountable, plural Scharnhorsts)
- Several locations in northern Germany.
- A habitational surname from German, borne by a famous 19th-century Prussian general and military theoreticist.
- Several German ships named after the general, including a Kriegsmarine capital ship which participated in WWII.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Scharnhorst is the 40371st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 542 individuals. Scharnhorst is most common among and White (93.91%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Scharnhorst”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.