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Schütz

/ʃʊts/

Schütz proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Schütz

  1. A surname from German.
    1. Heinrich Schütz (18 October 1585 – 6 November 1672), a German composer and organist.

Origin of Schütz

* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Schuetz. Found in several other countries such as the form Slovene Šuc. * Also as a German surname, from Schutz in Vulkaneifel. Compare Sic, Shutz.

Questions about Schütz

What does Schütz mean?
Schütz means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Schütz?
Schütz is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Schütz?
Schütz is pronounced /ʃʊts/.

Words near Schütz in the dictionary

  1. Schönhardt polyhedron
  2. schönite
  3. Schönlein-Henoch purpura
  4. Schönlein-Henoch purpuras
  5. Schöpf-Schulz-Passarge syndrome
  6. Schütz
  7. Schützenfest
  8. schœne
  9. schœnes
  10. sci
  11. sci fi

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