schepen
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Noun edit
schepen (plural schepens)
- A Dutch magistrate.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch schēpen, from Old Dutch scepeno, possibly a derivate of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to shape, create”). Cognate with German Schöffe.
Noun edit
schepen m (plural schepenen, diminutive schepentje n)
Descendants edit
- → English: schepen
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
schepen
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch scepeno, possibly a derivate of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to shape, create”).
Noun edit
schēpen m
- alderman
- 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:
- Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.
- The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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Descendants edit
- Dutch: schepen
Further reading edit
- “schepen(e)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schepen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN