Schlauch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schlauch.

Proper noun

Schlauch (plural Schlauchs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schlauch is the 38691^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 571 individuals. Schlauch is most common among White (94.22%) individuals.

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

From Middle High German slūch (“waterskin, snakeskin, slough”). Immediately cognate with Old Saxon slūk, also related with English slough. From the same root as schlüpfen (“to hatch, slip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃlaʊ̯x/

• Audio:

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Noun

Schlauch m (strong, genitive Schlauches or Schlauchs, plural Schläuche)

1. hose, tube (flexible pipe)
2. waterskin, wineskin (flexible container for liquids)
3. (colloquial) a long and narrow room or flat
4. (colloquial, Austria) potbelly, paunch (protruding belly)

Declension

Declension of Schlauch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schlauch	die	Schläuche
genitive	eines	des	Schlauches, Schlauchs	der	Schläuche
dative	einem	dem	Schlauch, Schlauche1	den	Schläuchen
accusative	einen	den	Schlauch	die	Schläuche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• auf dem Schlauch stehen
• Fahrradschlauch
• Feuerwehrschlauch
• Gartenschlauch
• Schlauchbrücke
• schlauchförmig
• Schlauchsocke
• Weinschlauch

Descendants

• → Polish: szlauch
• → Serbo-Croatian: šlauh / шлаух

Further reading

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

Plautdietsch

Etymology

Ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *sleupan (“to slip”).

Noun

Schlauch m (plural Schläaj)

1. hose, tube (flexible pipe)