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Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation:[ˈʃvaʁtsn̩ˌʔɛɡɐ]) is a
German surname that means person from Schwarzenegg, which is both a village in Switzerland (currently split between the municipalities of
Unterlangenegg and
Oberlangenegg) and a place in
Land Salzburg in Austria. "Schwarzen" means "black", and "egg" (from the same root as the German word "Ecke" for "corner") refers to a ridge, e.g., Eggli (long ridge), Eggiman (lives on a ridge), and Eggler (farms on a ridge).[1][2]
Patrick Schwarzenegger (born 1993), American entrepreneur, actor and model, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Patrick M. Knapp Schwarzenegger (born 1968), Austrian-American lawyer, son of Meinhard Schwarzenegger, nephew of Arnold Schwarzenegger
References
^Gratz, Delbert (1997). Was Isch Dini Nahme?. Morgantown, PA: Masthof Press. p. 23.
^"Schwarzenegg" (in German). Unterlangenegg. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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