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German
Etymology
13th century, from northern Middle High German stūpe, from Middle Low German stûp, staup, from Polabian staup, from Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ (“post, pillar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtaʊ̯pə/
- Hyphenation: Stau‧pe
Noun
Staupe f (genitive Staupe, plural Staupen)
- a post to which an offender is tied in order to be flogged publicly
- the act of publicly flogging someone at such a post
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