Schneck
See also: schneck
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Proper noun edit
Schneck (plural Schnecks)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Schneck is the 11395th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2767 individuals. Schneck is most common among White (94.54%) individuals.
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.
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Noun edit
Schneck f or m (plural Schneckn, diminutive Schneckerl) (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian)
- (zoology) snail, slug
- the cochlea in the inner ear
- a screw or worm thread
- (lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)
- pastry in the form of a snail
- (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
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Schneck f (plural Schnecke, diminutive Schneckche)