Schick

See also: schick

English

Etymology
  • As a German and Jewish surname, from the adjective Schick (“well-mannered, proper”) (see below). This is also borrowed into Czech as Šik, compare Sik.
  • Also as a German surname, variant of Schiek, itself a variant of Schieck, from Middle High German schiec (“twisted, crooked”) (compare modern schief).

Compare Shick, Sheek.

Proper noun

Schick (plural Schicks)

  1. A surname.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Schick is the 5801st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5967 individuals. Schick is most common among White (96.08%) individuals.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From schicken.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɪk/
  • Hyphenation: Schick
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Noun

Schick m (strong, genitive Schickes or Schicks, no plural)

  1. chic

Declension
Declension of Schick [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Schick
genitive eines des Schickes, Schicks
dative einem dem Schick, Schicke1
accusative einen den Schick

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants
  • → French: chic
    • → Czech: šik
    • → Dutch: chic, sjiek
    • → English: chic
    • → Esperanto: ŝika
    • → Finnish: chic
    • → German: schick
    • → Greek: σικ (sik)
    • → Limburgish: sjiek
    • → Polish: szyk
    • → Portuguese: chique
    • → Romanian: șic
    • → Spanish: chic
    • → Turkish: şık

Further reading
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