Schwarzschild

Schwarzschild ([ˈʃvaʁtsʃɪlt]) is a German surname[1] meaning "black sign" or "black shield".
Those bearing the name include:

• Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916), physicist and astronomer
• Steven Schwarzschild (1924–1989), philosopher and rabbi
• Henry Schwarzschild (1926–1996), civil rights activist
• Martin Schwarzschild (1912–1997), astronomer
• Shimon Schwarzschild (1925–), environmental activist
• Luise Hercus (née Schwarzschild) (1926–), linguist

This article is about the surname and those bearing it. For other uses, see Schwarzschild (disambiguation).

See also

• Rothschild

Footnotes

1. It 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 [ʃɪlt]).