Schabe
See also: schabe
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German schabe (“scraper, chaff, moulding; moth, cockroach”), from Old High German scaba (“scraper, plane”), from Proto-Germanic *skabō (“scraper”). Cognate with Dutch schaaf (“plane”). Also related to German Low German Schabbe (“mange, scabies”), English scab.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Schabe f (genitive Schabe, plural Schaben)
- scraper, flat instrument with a handle used for scraping
- Synonyms: (both commoner) Schaber, Schabeisen
- cockroach
- Synonyms: Kakerlake, Küchenschabe
- (obsolete or dialectal) scabies
Declension edit
Declension of Schabe [feminine]