Schabe

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Etymology

From 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

Schabe f (genitive Schabe, plural Schaben)

  1. scraper, flat instrument with a handle used for scraping
    Synonyms: (both commoner) Schaber, Schabeisen
  2. cockroach
    Synonyms: Kakerlake, Küchenschabe
  3. (obsolete or dialectal) scabies
    Synonyms: Krätze, Räude

Declension

Declension of Schabe
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schabe die Schaben
genitive einer der Schabe der Schaben
dative einer der Schabe den Schaben
accusative eine die Schabe die Schaben

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Further reading

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