Schlauch

Borrowed from German Schlauch.

Schlauch (plural Schlauchs)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schlauch is the 38691^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 571 individuals. Schlauch is most common among White (94.22%) individuals.

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

From Middle High German slūch (“waterskin, snakeskin, slough”). Immediately cognate with Old Saxon slūk, also related with English slough. From the same root as schlüpfen (“to hatch, slip”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃlaʊ̯x/

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Schlauch m (strong, genitive Schlauches or Schlauchs, plural Schläuche)

1. hose, tube (flexible pipe)
2. waterskin, wineskin (flexible container for liquids)
3. (colloquial) a long and narrow room or flat
4. (colloquial, Austria) potbelly, paunch (protruding belly)

• schlau (possibly)

• → Polish: szlauch
• → Serbo-Croatian: šlauh / шлаух

• “Schlauch” in Duden online
• “Schlauch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *sleupan (“to slip”).

Schlauch m (plural Schläaj)

1. hose, tube (flexible pipe)