Schmelz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schmelz.

Proper noun

Schmelz (plural Schmelzes)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmelz is the 35622^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 631 individuals. Schmelz is most common among White (95.25%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schmelz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃmɛlts]
Audio (file)

Noun

Schmelz m (strong, genitive Schmelzes, plural Schmelze)

enamel
glaze, lustre

Declension

Declension of Schmelz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schmelz	die	Schmelze
genitive	eines	des	Schmelzes	der	Schmelze
dative	einem	dem	Schmelz, Schmelze¹	den	Schmelzen
accusative	einen	den	Schmelz	die	Schmelze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Related terms

Schmelzglas
Schmelzwerk

Descendants

→ Polish: szmelc

Further reading

“Schmelz” in Duden online
“Schmelz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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