Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zilberschlag

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zil-ber-schlag
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish זילבערשלאָג (zilbershlog), from Yiddish זילבער (zilber, “silver”) and Yiddish שלאָג (shlog, “strike”), from Middle High German.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: זילבער, שלאָג, -

Inflected Forms

Zilberschlags (plural)

Questions

What does zilberschlag mean?: A surname from Yiddish
Where does zilberschlag come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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