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German
Alternative forms
- Schüppe (less common spelling, but very common spoken form)
Etymology
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
Noun
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
- 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.
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Further reading
- “Schippe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schippe” in Duden online
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
Schippe f
- plural of Schipp
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Schippe
- plural of Schipp