Schmuck (surname)

Jewelry is a family name.

Word origin

The family name jewelry, Schmücking, Schmückle, Schmugge and similarly, according to the literature have the following origins:

  • About name to Middle High German " smucken / smücken " = duck, hide, snuggle, press - or even to Middle Low German " smuck " = jewelry, petite, flexible. This can for example have meant a pretty, slender, pliant or petite people.
  • The Swiss name Schmuckli, Schmucki, Schmuckle etc. can also be a nickname for a man with retracted neck.
  • A patronymic name for old people " Smucho " could possibly be possible.
  • The name Schmücker is partly occupational name ( for Federschmücker, Ribbons weavers, jewelers, etc.).
  • (To examine the possible connection would be in individual cases, a etvl. Schmuck schmuck →, which in turn can have different meaning. )

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Carsten Schmuck, German chemist and professor at the University of Duisburg -Essen
  • Christa Jewelry, German luger
  • Ludwig jewelry (1892-1945), German politician ( NSDAP) and SA- leader
  • Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer
  • Udo Schmuck ( * 1952 ), German football player
  • Vincentius jewelry (1565-1628), German Lutheran theologian and hymn writer
  • Werner jewelry (1899-1940), German politician ( NSDAP)
  • Wilhelm jewelry ( Wilhelm Schmuckius; 1575-1634 ), professor of law at Leipzig
  • Family name
  • Job Name
Christina Schmuck
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