Schlitt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schlitt.

Proper noun

Schlitt (plural Schlitts)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schlitt is the 36426^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 614 individuals. Schlitt is most common among White (96.09%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German slito, from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Cognate with German Schlitten, Dutch slede, English sled, Icelandic sleði, Swedish släde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃlit/

  Rhymes: -it

Noun

Schlitt m (plural Schlitter)

1. sled, sledge, sleigh
2. snow plough

Related terms

• schlidderen