Schmidt

American  

[shmit] / ʃmɪt /

noun

1. Helmut (Heinrich Waldemar) 1918–2015, West German political leader: chancellor 1974–82.

2. Michael Jack Mike, born 1949, U.S. baseball player.

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Schmidt British  

/ ʃmɪt /

noun

1. Helmut ( Heinrich Waldemar ) (ˈhɛlmuːt). born 1918, German Social Democrat statesman; chancellor of West Germany (1974–82)

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Example Sentences

Ken Burns, with co-directors Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt, gives us an in-depth look at the war for independence that also happened to be a civil war.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

“She was sitting there for hours without being on her phone,” said Meta attorney Paul W. Schmidt.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

"Kaley has faced profound challenges, and we continue to recognize all she has endured," Schmidt said.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

U.S. officials said that additional systems will be provided by the U.S. company that produces them, Perennial Autonomy, in which billionaire Eric Schmidt is an investor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

His Lutheran colleague the Reverend John Schmidt had the fever, and his parish gravedigger and the gravedigger’s mother had already succumbed.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy