Feminine
Schippe
- (feminine) shovel
- (feminine, figuratively) used as a typical property of manual labourers
- (feminine, in-plural, often, regional) spade
Frequency
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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