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Schmidt
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schmidt
English
Etymology
en de Schmidt smith. en Smid Smith.
Pronunciation
en /ʃmɪt/
en ɪt 1
Proper noun
s
en German < occupations.
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Derived terms
en Schmidt-Cassegrain Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope Kwiatkowski-Phillips-Schmidt-Shin test Schmidt corrector plate Schmidt telescope
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmidt is the 185th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 147,034 individuals. Schmidt is most common among White (95.2%) individuals.
Noun
en Schmidt telescope.
en eponyms
Danish
Etymology
From da de Schmidt, often as a Germanization of the Danish da Smed.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da
References
Danmarks Statistik: 15 849 persons with the surname Schmidt (compared to 863 named Smed) living in Denmark on January 1st, 2011. Accessed on 18 October 2011.
French
Pronunciation
Schmitt
Proper noun
fr German
German
thumb|268px|Distribution of Schmidts around Germany
Alternative forms
de Schmid Schmidl Schmidts Schmied Schmiedel Schmieder Schmitt Schmitz
Pronunciation
de /ʃmɪt/
de De-Schmidt2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Schmidt.ogg
Proper noun
m:f,s:-[with an article],s:-
de common occupations Smith
Declension
surname
Related terms
de Altenschmidt Bachschmidt Baierschmidt Ballschmidt Bauenschmidt Bauernschmidt Bauerschmidt Baurenschmidt Baurschmidt Bayerschmidt Behrschmidt Beielschmidt Beilschmidt Beischmidt Beitelschmidt Bergschmidt Beringschmidt Beutelschmidt Beyelschmidt Beylschmidt Blauschmidt Blechschmidt Boberschmidt Bohlenschmidt Bökenschmidt Braunschmidt Bresselschmidt Brinkschmidt Brockschmidt Bruchschmidt Dauberschmidt Deperschmidt Depperschmidt Döppenschmidt Dorfschmidt Dörrschmidt Dörschmidt Drahtschmidt Drathschmidt Dratschmidt Dreckschmidt Drommelschmidt Dürrschmidt Dürschmidt Eckschmidt Eisenschmidt Engelschmidt Fahnenschmidt Federschmidt Feldschmidt Fliegenschmidt Freischmidt Goldschmidt Hammerschmidt Hellenschmidt Hufschmidt Kastenschmidt Kleinschmidt Kupferschmidt Messerschmidt Nagelschmidt Reinschmidt Schaarschmidt Schmidtschneider Silberschmidt Uldschmidt Waffenschmidt Waldschmidt
Noun
m,Schmiedes:s:es,Schmiede:e
de Schmied smith
Usage notes
The stem de Schmidt generally occurred only in the uninflected form, while inflected forms were built from the stem de Schmied- (also spelt de Schmid-). However, forms with generalization of the uninflected stem are also attestable. In contemporary German, conversely, the inflected stem has been generalized. (Alternation is still preserved in nl smid, plural nl smeden.)
Derived terms
de wie Schmidts Katze
Hungarian
hu:
Pronunciation
Smitt
hu Schmidt
hu itː 1
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu
Declension
Schmidte eSchmidt j jei
Polish
Etymology
pl :ubor de:Schmidt + 1
Pronunciation
szmit Szmid,Szmidt,Szmit Schmidt
Proper noun
m-pr
pl m German
Declension
<m.pr.surname>
Proper noun
f 1 Schmidtowa Schmidtówna
pl f German
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