Schnitzler

American  

[shnits-ler, shnits-luhr] / ˈʃnɪts lər, ˈʃnɪts lər /

noun

1. Arthur 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist.

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Schnitzler British  

/ ˈʃnɪtslər /

noun

1. Arthur (ˈartʊr). 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist. His best-known works are Anatol (1893) a series of one-act plays, and Reigen (1900), both of which reveal his psychological insight and preoccupation with sexuality

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Example Sentences

It’s based on a novel written in the 1890s by the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler, and the adaptation’s transposition of time and place comes off as anachronistic and unconvincing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Among those who accepted the invitation were banker Hjalmar Schacht, who would later become the Third Reich's chief finance minister; Georg von Schnitzler, head of the chemical and pharmaceutical giant I.G.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

Mr. Schnitzler said that at first, they treated the news of the coming evacuees as a security question.

From Washington Times • Jan. 27, 2022

“I’m devastated,” said Rainer Schnitzler, mayor of Poecking, a town in Bavaria that had 5 million euros on deposit with Greensill.

From Reuters • Mar. 31, 2021

To what extent Schnitzler has studied and been impressed by Nietzsche I don't know, but the thought underlying "The Lady With the Dagger" is distinctly Nietzschean.

From The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays by Björkman, Edwin