Schatz

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English

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Proper noun

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Schatz (plural Schatzes)

  1. A surname.

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ats
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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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 Schatzl 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.

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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Schatz m (plural Schetz, diminutive Schetzje)

  1. treasure
  2. darling, sweetheart

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Luxembourgish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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Schatz m (plural Schätz)

  1. treasure

Further reading

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  • Schatz in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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Schatz m (plural Schatz)

  1. treasure
  2. sweetheart, darling

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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Schatz m (plural Schatz)

  1. apron