# Shatzi

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatzi/381024>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatzi/381024 "2006-11-19T10:35:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tartuffe52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tartuffe52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tartuffe52)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatzi/381024/1 "2006-11-19T10:35:26Z")

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I am a fantasy role playing gamer. Recently I developed a character that is a vampire and named him “Shatzi”. It occured to me that I have no idea how old the word “shatzi” is. It is a German word that means, roughly, “sweetheart” or “darling”. Now my vampire is almost 500 years old…how long ago did the word “shatzi” come into common usage in Germany?? I hope somebody could help with this.  
Thanks,  
Tartuffe52

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**Author:** ![kellner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c2a13f/32.png) [@kellner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellner)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatzi/381024/2 "2006-11-19T12:09:28Z")

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The word _Schatz_ (literally: treasure) is used in the same way, _Schatzi_ is just a diminuitive and more informal. Unfortunately I didn’t find a cite for the exact form _Schatzi_ but according to Grimm’s Dictionary _Schatz_ has been used by Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1377-1445) and there are several other cites from the same general era.

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**Author:** ![Tartuffe52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc29f/32.png) [@Tartuffe52](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tartuffe52)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2006, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shatzi/381024/3 "2006-11-20T10:08:19Z")

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[QUOTE=kellner]  
The word _Schatz_ (literally: treasure) is used in the same way, _Schatzi_ is just a diminuitive and more informal. Unfortunately I didn’t find a cite for the exact form _Schatzi_ but according to Grimm’s Dictionary _Schatz_ has been used by Oswald von Wolkenstein (ca. 1377-1445) and there are several other cites from the same general era.  
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Thank you so very much!! I am going to use the character in a Buffy the Vampire fanfic, and I didn’t want to use this name for him and then find out that it is a, say, 20th century usage. Again, thank you!!