Schneck

See also: schneck

English

Proper noun

Schneck (plural Schnecks)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Schneck oak

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schneck is the 11395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2767 individuals. Schneck is most common among White (94.54%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Schenck

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Schneckn (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol, Vienna)

Etymology

From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃne̞ɡ̥ː/
• Hyphenation: Schneck

Noun

Schneck f or m (plural Schneckn, diminutive Schneckerl) (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian)

1. (zoology) snail, slug
2. the cochlea in the inner ear
3. a screw or worm thread
4. (lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)
5. pastry in the form of a snail
6. (heraldry, rare) a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃnek/

Noun

Schneck f (plural Schnecke, diminutive Schneckche)

1. snail, slug

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary