Feminine

Schippe

  1. (feminine) shovel
  2. (feminine, figuratively) used as a typical property of manual labourers
  3. (feminine, in-plural, often, regional) spade

Frequency

43k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃɪpə/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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