Schrott

German

Etymology

From Ripuarian and Low Franconian Schrott (“scrap”), which is the same word as German Schrot (“groats”). The regional form is not, however, derived from Middle High German schrōt, but from a variant Middle High German schrāt, Middle Dutch *scraet (compare attested scrāden, an eastern variant of scrōden, whence modern Dutch schrooien).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃʁɔt/

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Noun

Schrott m (strong, genitive Schrottes or Schrotts, plural Schrotte)

1. (usually uncountable) scrap; junk (discarded material, especially metal)

Declension

Declension of Schrott [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schrott	die	Schrotte
genitive	eines	des	Schrottes, Schrotts	der	Schrotte
dative	einem	dem	Schrott, Schrotte1	den	Schrotten
accusative	einen	den	Schrott	die	Schrotte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• schrotten
• schrottreif
• verschrotten

 

Compound nouns

• Elektronikschrott
• Elektroschrott
• Metallschrott
• Schrottanleihe
• Schrotthändler
• Schrottplatz

 

Further reading

• “Schrott” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schrott” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schrott” in Duden online
• “Schrott” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Schrott on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de