Schulz

English

Etymology

Common German and Jewish surname, from the archaic Schulze (“mayor, headman”), similar to Schultheiß. Compare Schultz, and the common Slavic form Sulc, Szulc.

Proper noun

Schulz

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Arndt-Schulz law

 

Translations

surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舒爾茨／舒尔茨 (Shūěrcí)

• German: Schulz (de) m or f
• Russian: Шульц (ru) m or f (Šulʹc)

German

Distribution of the surname Schulz in Germany

Alternative forms

• Schulz

Etymology

Contraction of the Middle High German equivalent of Schultheiß (“village headman, sheriff”) (see Schulze), from Schuld + heißen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃʊlt͡s/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Schulz m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schulz' or (with an article) Schulz, feminine genitive Schulz, plural Schulz or Schulzes or Schulzens)

1. a common surname originating as an occupation

Related terms

• Scholz
• Schulte
• Schultheiß
• Schulze

 

Descendants

• → English: Schulz
• → Polish: Szulc, Schulz

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schulz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂult͡s/
• Rhymes: -ult͡s
• Syllabification: Schulz
• Homophones: Schultz, Szulc

Proper noun

Schulz m pers

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Schulz

	singular	plural
nominative	Schulz	Schulzowie
genitive	Schulza	Schulzów
dative	Schulzowi	Schulzom
accusative	Schulza	Schulzów
instrumental	Schulzem	Schulzami
locative	Schulzie	Schulzach
vocative	Schulzie	Schulzowie

Proper noun

Schulz f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

Further reading

• Schulz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Schulz”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022