Schabe
See also: schabe
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
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Noun
editSchabe 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
editDeclension of Schabe [feminine]
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- de:Cockroaches