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German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

surnameIt 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 In the Middle Ages, a childe or child (from ang, Cild "Young Lord") was a nobleman's son who had not yet attained knighthood or had not yet won his spurs. As a rank in chivalry it was used as a title, e.g. Child Horn in ''King Horn'', whilst a ma ...

'' (instead of approximating either English ''

shield A shield is a piece of personal armour held in the hand, which may or may not be strapped to the wrist or forearm. Shields are used to intercept specific attacks, whether from close-ranged weaponry or projectiles such as arrows, by means of ...

'' or German ). meaning "black sign" or "black shield".
Those bearing the name include: *

Karl Schwarzschild Karl Schwarzschild (; 9 October 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German physicist and astronomer. Schwarzschild provided the first exact solution to the Einstein field equations of general relativity, for the limited case of a single spherical non-r ...

(1873–1916), physicist and astronomer *

Steven Schwarzschild Steven S. Schwarzschild (1924–1989) was a rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and editor. Biography Schwarzschild was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and grew up in Berlin. He escaped to the United States with his family in 1939. He received ...

(1924–1989), philosopher and rabbi *

Henry Schwarzschild Henry Schwarzschild (November 2, 1925 – June 1, 1996) was an activist for civil rights and human rights. He joined the Civil Rights Movement and became involved in the fight against capital punishment. He founded the National Coalition to Abol ...

(1926–1996), civil rights activist *

Martin Schwarzschild Martin Schwarzschild (May 31, 1912 – April 10, 1997) was a German-American astrophysicist. Biography Schwarzschild was born in Potsdam into a distinguished German Jewish academic family. His father was the physicist Karl Schwarzschild and ...

(1912–1997), astronomer *

Shimon Schwarzschild Shimon Schwarzschild (December 19, 1925 – November 10, 2021) was a German-born American environmental activist. His work contributed to the establishment of a nature preserve in Assisi, Italy.Cynthia Hanson (3 November 1986)"Bringing the Bird ...

(1925–), environmental activist *

Luise Hercus Luise Anna Hercus , , (16 January 1926 – 15 April 2018) was a German-born linguist who lived in Australia from 1954. After significant early work on Middle Indo-Aryan dialects (Prakrits) she had specialised in Australian Aboriginal languages s ...

(née Schwarzschild) (1926–), linguist *

Leopold_Schwarzschild Leopold Schwarzschild (8 December 1891, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 2 October 1950, in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy) was a German author. Writings His book ''World in Trance'' (1943) is a history of international relations during the ...

(Leopold Schwarzschild), author and philosopher

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