schwarzschild

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Schwarzschild ({{IPA|de|ˈʃvaʁtsʃɪlt|}}) is a German surnameIt 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 {{IPA|de|ʃɪlt|}}). 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