Schwarzschild

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Schwarzschild ([ˈʃvaʁtsʃɪlt]) is a German surname[1] meaning "black sign" or "black shield".
Those bearing the name include:

  • Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), physicist and astronomer
  • Steven Schwarzschild (1924–1989), philosopher and rabbi
  • Henry Schwarzschild (1926–1996), civil rights activist
  • Martin Schwarzschild (1912–1997), astronomer
  • Shimon Schwarzschild (1925–), environmental activist
  • Luise Hercus (née Schwarzschild) (1926–), linguist
  • Leopold Schwarzschild (1891–1950), author and philosopher

See also

  • Rothschild

Footnotes

  1. ^ It is likely to be misspelled and/or mispronounced by native English speakers, particularly involving failure to grasp that
    • German sch (at the beginning of each of the two syllables) is pronounced as English sh,
    • German w is pronounced as English v, and
    • German z is pronounced as English ts.
    Some English speakers omit the s that begins the second syllable and pronounce child and childe (instead of approximating either English shield or German [ʃɪlt]).
Surname list
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