schoffel

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schoffel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɔ.fəl/
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  • Hyphenation: schof‧fel
  • Rhymes: -ɔfəl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schoffel (shovel), from Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *skuflō. Equivalent to schuiven +‎ -el.

Noun

schoffel m (plural schoffels, diminutive schoffeltje n)

  1. hoe (specifically a Dutch hoe)
  2. (dialectal, northern and eastern Netherlands) shovel
    Synonyms: schep, schop, spade
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: skoffel
  • English: scuffle
  • West Frisian: skoffel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schoffel

  1. inflection of schoffelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative