Schmaltz

See also: schmaltz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schmaltz.

Proper noun

Schmaltz (plural Schmaltzes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmaltz is the 12581^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2461 individuals. Schmaltz is most common among White (96.55%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Schmaltz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schmaltz' or (with an article) Schmaltz, feminine genitive Schmaltz, plural Schmaltz or Schmaltzes or Schmaltzens)

1. Alternative spelling of Schmalz

Declension

Declension of Schmaltz [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Schmaltz	(eine)	(die)	Schmaltz	(die)	Schmaltz, Schmaltzes, Schmaltzens
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Schmaltz', Schmaltz1	(einer)	(der)	Schmaltz	(der)	Schmaltz, Schmaltzes, Schmaltzens
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Schmaltz	(einer)	(der)	Schmaltz	(den)	Schmaltz, Schmaltzes, Schmaltzens
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Schmaltz	(eine)	(die)	Schmaltz	(die)	Schmaltz, Schmaltzes, Schmaltzens

¹With an article.