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Kritz

Kritz proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Kritz (plural Kritzes)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of Kritz

pluralKritzes

Origin of Kritz

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Kritz, from the noun Grütze (“grits”). * Also as a German surname, Germanized Slavic form of the name Christian, influenced by Czech Kříž. Compare Kriz. * Also as a German surname, variant of Kreutz, from Kreuz (“cross”); compare Cross. * As a Jewish/Yiddish surname, from קראַץ (krats, “scratch”), for which see kratzen.

Questions about Kritz

What does Kritz mean?
Kritz means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Kritz?
Kritz is a proper noun.

Words near Kritz in the dictionary

  1. kritiks
  2. kritocracies
  3. kritocracy
  4. kritrima
  5. Krittika
  6. Kritz
  7. Kritzer
  8. Kritzers
  9. Kritzes
  10. Kriva Palanka
  11. Krivinchuk

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