# Schatz
## English
### Etymology

* As a German and Jewish surname, from Schatz (“treasure”).
* Also as a Jewish surname, from an acronym derived from Hebrew שליח ציבור (shalíakh tsibúr), "congregation's emissary," of the Hazzan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃæts/
* Rhymes: -æts

### Proper noun

Schatz (plural Schatzes)
* A surname.

### Further reading

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

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German schaz, schatz, from Old High German scaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”).
Cognate with Old Norse skattr (Danish skat, Norwegian Bokmål skatt, Norwegian Nynorsk skatt, Swedish skatt), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃 (skatts), Old English sċeatt, Dutch schat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃat͡s/
* Rhymes: -ats
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Schatz m (strong, genitive Schatzes, plural Schätze, diminutive Schätzchen n or Schätzlein n or Schätzelein n or Schätzel n or Schätzelchen n or Schätzle n or Schätzele n or Schatzeli n or Schatzl n or Schatzerl n or Schatzi n or ((also) Ruhrdeutsch) Schätzken n or Schätzeken n)
* treasure
* darling, sweetheart, honey
** 1844, Heinrich Heine, “Tragödie III”, in Neue Gedichte:Auf ihrem Grab da steht eine Linde, / drin pfeifen die Vögel und Abendwinde, / und drunter sitzt, auf dem grünen Platz, / der Müllersknecht mit seinem Schatz.On their grave a lime-tree grows, / Where birds and evening breezes whistle, / And on the turf beneath it sit / The miller-lad and his love.

#### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

#### Synonyms

* (darling, sweetheart, honey): Liebling m, Liebchen n, Liebster m/Liebste f, Herzblatt n, Habibi

#### Hyponyms

* Bücherschatz, Edelsteinschatz, Goldschatz, Kunstschatz, Liederschatz, Münzschatz, Schatzordnung, Silberschatz, Sprachschatz, Wortschatz, Zitatenschatz

#### Related terms

* Schatzamt, Schatzfund, Schatzgräber, Schatzgrube, Schatzinsel, Schatzkästchen, Schatzkammer, Schatzkanzler, Schatzkarte, Schatzkiste, Schatzmeister, Schatzsuche, Schatzsucher, Schatztruhe

#### Descendants

* → Saterland Frisian: Skats, Schats
* → Serbo-Croatian:
** Latin: šȍc
** Cyrillic: шо̏ц
* → Silesian: szac
* → Yiddish: שאַץ, שאַצעלע

### Further reading

* “Schatz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Schatz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Schatz” in Duden online
* Schatz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German schaz, from Old High German scaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃat͡s/

### Noun

Schatz m (plural Schetz, diminutive Schetzje)
* treasure
* darling, sweetheart

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Luxembourgish
### Alternative forms

* Schaz

### Etymology

From Middle High German schaz, from Old High German scaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“cattle, treasure”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɑt͡s/
    Rhymes: -ɑts

### Noun

Schatz m (plural Schätz)
* treasure

### Further reading

* Schatz in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German schaz, from Old High German skaz, from Proto-West Germanic *skatt. Compare German Schatz, Dutch schat.

#### Noun

Schatz m (plural Schatz)
* treasure
* sweetheart, darling

### Etymology 2

Probably from Middle Low German schörte, from Old Saxon *skurtia, from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā. Compare German Schürze, Dutch schort, English shirt.

#### Noun

Schatz m (plural Schatz)
* apron