Schober

See also: schober

English

Alternative forms

• Shober

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schober.

Proper noun

Schober (plural Schobers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schober is the 11415^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2760 individuals. Schober is most common among White (94.89%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schober”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schober, from Old High German scobar, itself from the Proto-Germanic stem *skup- (“barn, shed”), from which also Schopf, Schuppen and English shop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːbɐ/

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Noun

Schober m (strong, genitive Schobers, plural Schober)

1. (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) hayshed

   Synonyms: Heustall, Heuschuppen

2. (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) stack

   Synonym: Haufen

   Am Nachmittag begannen sie, das Heu in Schober zu setzen.

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Declension

Declension of Schober [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schober	die	Schober
genitive	eines	des	Schobers	der	Schober
dative	einem	dem	Schober	den	Schobern
accusative	einen	den	Schober	die	Schober

Related terms

• Heuschober

Further reading

• “Schober” in Duden online
• “Schober” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache