Schnitzer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schnitzer.

Proper noun

Schnitzer (plural Schnitzers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schnitzer is the 17455^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1615 individuals. Schnitzer is most common among White (96.59%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schnitzer m (strong, genitive Schnitzers, plural Schnitzer)

1. carver
2. blunder

Declension

Declension of Schnitzer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schnitzer	die	Schnitzer
genitive	eines	des	Schnitzers	der	Schnitzer
dative	einem	dem	Schnitzer	den	Schnitzern
accusative	einen	den	Schnitzer	die	Schnitzer

Derived terms

• Holzschnitzer

Further reading

• “Schnitzer” in Duden online
• “Schnitzer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache