Schick

See also: schick

English

Etymology

• As a German and Jewish surname, from the adjective Schick (“well-mannered, proper”) (see below). This is also borrowed into Czech as Šik, compare Sik.
• Also as a German surname, variant of Schiek, itself a variant of Schieck, from Middle High German schiec (“twisted, crooked”) (compare modern schief).

Compare Shick, Sheek.

Proper noun

Schick (plural Schicks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schick is the 5801^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5967 individuals. Schick is most common among White (96.08%) individuals.

Anagrams

• chicks

German

Etymology

From schicken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪk/
• Hyphenation: Schick

• Audio:

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Noun

Schick m (strong, genitive Schickes or Schicks, no plural)

1. chic

Declension

Declension of Schick [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schick
genitive	eines	des	Schickes, Schicks
dative	einem	dem	Schick, Schicke1
accusative	einen	den	Schick

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → French: chic
  • → Czech: šik
  • → Dutch: chic, sjiek
  • → English: chic
  • → Esperanto: ŝika
  • → Finnish: chic
  • → German: schick
  • → Greek: σικ (sik)
  • → Limburgish: sjiek
  • → Polish: szyk
  • → Portuguese: chique
  • → Romanian: șic
  • → Slovak: šik
  • → Spanish: chic
  • → Turkish: şık
  • → Persian: شیک (šik)
  • → Ukrainian: шик (šyk)

Further reading

• “Schick” in Duden online