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Schmidt

/ʃmɪt/

Schmidt proper noun: a surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation]. Also the ellipsis of Schmidt telescope.

Proper noun

Schmidt (plural Schmidts)

  1. A surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
    • “The work continues, the data, the products, the science will continue because science is done by people not by buildings,” NASA GISS director Gavin Schmidt told CNN.2025 April 24, Andrew Freedman, “Trump administration cancels top NASA climate lab’s lease at Columbia University”, in CNN, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2025

Also used as

Schmidt is also the ellipsis of Schmidt telescope.

Forms of Schmidt

Proper noun
pluralSchmidts
Noun
pluralSchmidts

Origin of Schmidt

Borrowed from German Schmidt (“smith”). Doublet of Smid and Smith.

Words formed from Schmidt

Phrases with Schmidt

Words that rhyme with Schmidt

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Questions about Schmidt

What does Schmidt mean?
Schmidt means a surname from German [in turn originating as an occupation].
What part of speech is Schmidt?
Schmidt is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Schmidt?
Schmidt is pronounced /ʃmɪt/.

Words near Schmidt in the dictionary

  1. Schmidgall
  2. Schmidgalls
  3. Schmidhuber
  4. Schmidlin
  5. Schmidlins
  6. Schmidt
  7. Schmidt camera
  8. Schmidt cameras
  9. Schmidt corrector plate
  10. Schmidt corrector plates
  11. Schmidt Island

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Schmidt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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