Schwarzschild Explained

Schwarzschild (pronounced as /de/) is a German surname^[1] meaning "black sign" or "black shield". Notable people with the surname include:

• Henry Schwarzschild (1925 - 1996), American lawyer
• Karl Schwarzschild (1873 - 1916), German physicist
• Leopold Schwarzschild (1891 - 1950), German author
• Luise Hercus (née Schwarzschild; 1926 - 2018), Australian linguist
• Margot Wicki-Schwarzschild (1931–2020), German Holocaust survivor
• Martin Schwarzschild (1912 - 1997), German-American astronomer
• Shimon Schwarzschild (1925 - 2021), German-born American environmental activist
• Steven Schwarzschild (1924 - 1989), American rabbi, philosopher, theologian and editor

See also

• Rothschild

Notes and References

1. It is likely to be misspelled and/or mispronounced by native English speakers, particularly involving failure to grasp that
   • German sch (at the beginning of each of the two syllables) is pronounced as English sh,
   • German w is pronounced as English v, and
   • German z is pronounced as English ts.

   Some English speakers omit the s that begins the second syllable and pronounce child and childe (instead of approximating either English shield or German pronounced as /de/).