Schiller
English
Proper noun
Schiller
- A surname from German.
- German poet, philosopher, historian and playwright Friedrich Schiller.
Derived terms
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Czech
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsxɪlɛr]
Declension
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German schilher (“a person who suffers from strabismus”), a byname derived from Middle High German schilhen, schillen (“to suffer from strabismus”), whence also modern German schielen. In North Germany Schiller might stem from Middle Low German schilder (“painter, signboard painter”).[1]
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Proper noun
Schiller m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schillers or (with an article) Schiller, feminine genitive Schiller, plural Schillers or Schiller)
- a surname
References
- Rosa und Volker Kohlheim, Duden — Lexikon der Familiennamen, Mannheim 2008, →ISBN; entry Schiller
Hunsrik
Etymology
Inherited from Central Franconian Scheller, from Middle High German schulter, from Old High German scultera, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru.[1]
Cognate with German Schulter and Luxembourgish Schëller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃilɐ/
- Rhymes: -ilɐ
- Hyphenation: Schil‧ler
Noun
Schiller f (nominative plural Schillre)
- shoulder (joint between arm and torso)
- Er draad de Sack uff de Schiller.
- He carries the sack on his shoulder.
Declension
References
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schiller”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 141