Etymology

Kritz

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Kritz ← Czech Kříž
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  1. Czech · derived fromKříž
  2. German · borrowed fromKritz
  3. English todayKritz

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Kritz, from the noun Grütze (“grits”). * Also as a German surname, Germanized Slavic form of the name Christian, influenced by Czech Kříž. Compare Kriz. * Also as a German surname, variant of Kreutz, from Kreuz (“cross”); compare Cross. * As a Jewish/Yiddish surname, from קראַץ (krats, “scratch”), for which see kratzen.

Words from the same roots

GermanKritz all →

Critz

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