Schau

See also: schau

English

Etymology

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from North German Schau, a variant of Schuh.
• Borrowed from Norwegian Schau, a variant of Skau, a topographic surname from skau (“forest”).

Proper noun

Schau (plural Schaus)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schau is the 28777^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 827 individuals. Schau is most common among White (95.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

Back-formation from schauen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

• Audio:

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Noun

Schau f (genitive Schau, plural Schauen)

1. show

Declension

Declension of Schau [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schau	die	Schauen
genitive	einer	der	Schau	der	Schauen
dative	einer	der	Schau	den	Schauen
accusative	eine	die	Schau	die	Schauen

Derived terms

Schau

• Presseschau
• Schaubude
• Schauobjekt
• Schauspiel
• Schauspieler
• Schausteller
• Tagesschau
• Rückschau
• Selbstschau
• Tierschau
• Vorschau
• Wochenschau
• zur Schau stellen
• zur Schau tragen

Further reading

• “Schau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schau” in Duden online