Schlag

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schlag. === Proper noun === Schlag (plural Schlags) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Schlag is the 36695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Schlag is most common among White (93.76%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schlag”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, from Proto-West Germanic *slagi (“a blow, strike”). Perhaps cognate to English slug (“hard blow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃlaːk/ (standard) IPA(key): /ʃlax/ (northern Germany and parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial) IPA(key): /ʃlaːx/ (parts of central Germany; chiefly colloquial) Rhymes: -aːk === Noun === Schlag m (strong, genitive Schlages or Schlags, plural Schläge) (also figurative) blow, hit ein herber Schlag ― an enormous blow (music) beat (pulse on the beat level) Synonym: Grundschlag (figurative) type, sort, kind; (in particular) ellipsis of Menschenschlag ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Unterschlagung verschlagen ==== Descendants ==== → French: schlague f === Noun === Schlag m (strong, genitive Schlags, no plural) (Austria, informal) clipping of Schlagobers; whipped cream Einmal Sachertorte mit Schlag, bitte! ― One piece of Sacher cake with whipped cream, please! ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Schlag”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Schlag” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schlag” in Duden online == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Middle High German slac, from Old High German slag, Proto-West Germanic *slagi. The plural Schléi is original, preserving the regular Luxembourgish loss of intervocalic -g- (cf. German Schläge). Cognate with German Schlag, Dutch slag, Icelandic slag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃlaːχ/ Rhymes: -aːχ === Noun === Schlag m (plural Schléi) hit, blow beat (of a drum, heart, etc.) ==== Related terms ==== schloen