Schwall

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schwall.

Proper noun

Schwall (plural Schwalls)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schwall is the 36154^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 620 individuals. Schwall is most common among White (95.16%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From Middle High German swal, from the root of schwellen (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -al

Noun

Schwall m (strong, genitive Schwalles or Schwalls, plural Schwalle)

1. flood

Declension

Declension of Schwall [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schwall	die	Schwalle
genitive	eines	des	Schwalles, Schwalls	der	Schwalle
dative	einem	dem	Schwall, Schwalle1	den	Schwallen
accusative	einen	den	Schwall	die	Schwalle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• schwallen

Further reading

• “Schwall” in Duden online