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Schmitt

Schmitt proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Schmitt (plural Schmitts)

  1. A surname from German.
    • Indeed, some have seen echoes of the work of the Nazis’ “crown jurist” and political theorist, Carl Schmitt, in the Trump administration’s domestic policies, particularly his doctrine of “the exception”, which can be used to suspend certain constitutional rights. […] Outside powers – which Schmitt...2026 January 16, Brendan Simms, “Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2026

Forms of Schmitt

pluralSchmitts

Origin of Schmitt

Borrowed from German Schmitt.

Words formed from Schmitt

Phrases with Schmitt

Questions about Schmitt

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

Words near Schmitt in the dictionary

  1. Schmiesing
  2. Schmiesings
  3. Schmigelski
  4. Schmit
  5. Schmits
  6. Schmitt
  7. Schmitt Gillenwater Kelly syndrome
  8. Schmitt trigger
  9. Schmitt triggers
  10. Schmitten
  11. Schmitter

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