Schmitt

Borrowed from German Schmitt.

Schmitt (plural Schmitts)

1. A surname from German.
   • 2026 January 16, Brendan Simms, “Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 January 2026:

     Indeed, some have seen echoes of the work of the Nazis’ “crown jurist” and political theorist, Carl Schmitt, in the Trump administration’s domestic policies, particularly his doctrine of “the exception”, which can be used to suspend certain constitutional rights. […] Outside powers – which Schmitt termed “spatially alien powers” – would be “forbidden” to “intervene”.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmitt is the 967^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 36,043 individuals. Schmitt is most common among White (95.7%) individuals.

Borrowed from German Schmitt.

Schmitt ?

1. a surname from German

Variant of Schmidt (“a smith”).

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Schmitt m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schmitts or (with an article) Schmitt, feminine genitive Schmitt, plural Schmitts)

1. a surname originating as an occupation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmit/
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: Schmitt

Schmitt m (plural Schmitt, feminine Schmittin)

1. smith, blacksmith

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schmitt”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

From Middle High German smit.

Schmitt m (plural Schmitt)

1. smith

• Blaeckschmitt