Schlauch

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schlauch. === Proper noun === Schlauch (plural Schlauchs) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Schlauch is the 38691st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 571 individuals. Schlauch is most common among White (94.22%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schlauch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German slūch (“waterskin, snakeskin, slough”). Immediately cognate with Old Saxon slūk, also related with English slough. From the same root as schlüpfen (“to hatch, slip”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃlaʊ̯x/ === Noun === Schlauch m (strong, genitive Schlauches or Schlauchs, plural Schläuche) hose, tube (flexible pipe) waterskin, wineskin (flexible container for liquids) (colloquial) a long and narrow room or flat (colloquial, Austria) potbelly, paunch (protruding belly) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== schlau (possibly) ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: szlauch → Serbo-Croatian: šlauh / шлаух === Further reading === “Schlauch” in Duden online “Schlauch”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === Ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *sleupan (“to slip”). === Noun === Schlauch m (plural Schläaj) hose, tube (flexible pipe)