Schatz

English

Etymology

• As a German and Jewish surname, from Schatz (“treasure”).
• Also as a Jewish surname, from an acronym derived from Hebrew שליח ציבור (shalíakh tsibúr), "congregation's emissary," of the Hazzan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃæts/
• Rhymes: -æts

Proper noun

Schatz (plural Schatzes)

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schatz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schaz, schatz, from Old High German scaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ats

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Noun

Schatz m (strong, genitive Schatzes, plural Schätze, diminutive Schätzchen n or Schätzlein n or Schätzelein n or Schätzel n or Schätzelchen n or Schätzle n or Schätzele n or Schatzeli n or Schatzerl n or Schatzi n or ((also) Ruhrdeutsch) Schätzken n or Schätzeken n)

1. treasure
2. darling, sweetheart, honey
   • 1844, Heinrich Heine, “Tragödie III”, in Neue Gedichte:

     Auf ihrem Grab da steht eine Linde, / drin pfeifen die Vögel und Abendwinde, / und drunter sitzt, auf dem grünen Platz, / der Müllersknecht mit seinem Schatz.

     On their grave a lime-tree grows, / Where birds and evening breezes whistle, / And on the turf beneath it sit / The miller-lad and his love.

Declension

Synonyms

• (darling, sweetheart, honey): Liebling m, Liebchen n, Liebster m/Liebste f, Herzblatt n

Hyponyms

• Bücherschatz, Edelsteinschatz, Goldschatz, Kunstschatz, Liederschatz, Münzschatz, Silberschatz, Sprachschatz, Wortschatz, Zitatenschatz

Related terms

• Schatzamt, Schatzfund, Schatzgräber, Schatzgrube, Schatzinsel, Schatzkästchen, Schatzkammer, Schatzkanzler, Schatzkarte, Schatzkiste, Schatzmeister, Schatzsuche, Schatzsucher, Schatztruhe

Descendants

• → Saterland Frisian: Skats, Schats
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Latin: šȍc
  • Cyrillic: шо̏ц
• → Silesian: szac
• → Yiddish: שאַץ, שאַצעלע

Further reading

• “Schatz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schatz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schatz” in Duden online
• Schatz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German schaz, from Old High German scaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃat͡s/

Noun

Schatz m (plural Schetz, diminutive Schetzje)

1. treasure
2. darling, sweetheart

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• Schaz

Etymology

From Middle High German schaz, from Old High German scaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑt͡s/

  Rhymes: -ɑts

Noun

Schatz m (plural Schätz)

1. treasure

Further reading

• Schatz in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Pennsylvania German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schaz, from Old High German skaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt. Compare German Schatz, Dutch schat.

Noun

Schatz m (plural Schatz)

1. treasure
2. sweetheart, darling

Etymology 2

Probably from Middle Low German schörte, from Old Saxon *skurtia, from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā. Compare German Schürze, Dutch schort, English shirt.

Noun

Schatz m (plural Schatz)

1. apron