Schoch

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proper noun

A surname.

OriginLower Sorbian Čoch ← Polish czochrać →
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Meanings

proper nounSchoch (plural Schoches)

plural Schoches

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Polishczochrać“to scratch, tousle”
  2. Lower SorbianČoch
  3. EnglishSchoch

* As a south German surname, from Schock (“heap, haystack”). Compare Schober, Schock. * As a Germanized Slavic surname, from Lower Sorbian Čoch, also found as Zoch, from Polish czochrać (“to scratch, tousle”).

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Schoch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Schoch.

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