Schippe
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Schüppe (less common spelling, but very common spoken form)
Etymology edit
A Central and Low German word, from northern Middle High German *schüppe (attested 15th c.) and Middle Low German schüppe, from Proto-Germanic *skupjō.
Cognate with Luxembourgish Schëpp (“shovel”), Dutch schop (“shovel, spade”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schippe f (genitive Schippe, plural Schippen)
- shovel
- Synonym: Schaufel
- Sie hat den Graben ganz allein mit der Schippe ausgehoben.
- She's dug the ditch all on her own with a shovel.
- (figuratively) used as a typical property of manual labourers
- Es kann nicht jeder Professor sein. Irgendwer muss auch mit der Schippe arbeiten.
- Not everybody can be a professor. Someone must work with a shovel, too.
- (regional, card games, often in the plural) spade
- Synonym: Pik
Usage notes edit
- Schippe and Schüppe are preferred to the synonym Schaufel in many parts of northern and central Germany. The latter is, however, more common in formal contexts.
Declension edit
Declension of Schippe [feminine]
Coordinate terms edit
Suits in German · Farbe (layout · text) | |||
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Herz | Karo | Pik, Schippe | Kreuz, Treff |
Derived terms edit
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Schippe f
Pennsylvania German edit
Noun edit
Schippe