Matz

English

Etymology

From the German surname, pet forms of Mattheus and Matthias; see Matthew.

Proper noun

Matz (plural Matzes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Matz is the 6587^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5143 individuals. Matz is most common among White (93.37%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Matz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 537.

East Central German

Etymology

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Noun

Matz f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) mass; multitude; crowd; quantity; a lot

   Synonyms: Hatz, Raas

   e gruße Matz Leit

   a large mass of people

References

• 1982 Karl-Heinz Schmidt, Itze schlöft dr Pastor ei : Heiteres aus dem Erzgebirge. P. 38

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Matz m (proper noun, strong, genitive Matz')

1. a diminutive of the male given name Matthias

Noun

Matz m (strong, genitive Matzes, plural Matze or Mätze)

1. (colloquial) boy
2. (colloquial) pig

Declension

Declension of Matz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Matz	die	Matze, Mätze
genitive	eines	des	Matzes	der	Matze, Mätze
dative	einem	dem	Matz, Matze1	den	Matzen, Mätzen
accusative	einen	den	Matz	die	Matze, Mätze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Mätzchen

Further reading

• “Matz” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German März.

Noun

Matz m

1. March (month)

Related terms

Calendar months: Yanuaar/Yenner, Febrewaar/Hanning, Matz, Aprill, Moi, Yuni, Yuli/Tschulei, Aaguscht, Sepdember, Oktower, Nowember, Dezember/Grischtmunet