Schwarzschild (German pronunciation ) 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 ). meaning "black sign" or "black shield". Notable people with the surname include: Henry Schwarzschild (1925–1996), American lawyer Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), German physicist and astronomer 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
See also Rothschild
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