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Schmidt

/ʃmɪt/

Rhymes with -ɪt

Where it comes from

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

proper noun Schmidts

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.

noun Schmidts

abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Schmidt telescope

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: schmitt, hauer, sommerfeld, schmit, pauli, wiegand, smidt, koenig, neilsen, thome, nielson, lanterman, vogt, retz, kastner, kaler

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@misc{schmidt_2026,
  title = {Schmidt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/schmidt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}