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Staupe
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German
de:Staupe
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃtaʊ̯pə/
de De-Staupe.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Stau pe
Etymology 1
From northern de gmh stūpe (13th c.), from de gml stûp stûp(e), gml staup, from de pox staup, from de sla-pro *stъlpъ post, pillar. While modern German de -au- is due to native diphthongization, the underlying gml -û- in gml - may either continue an (older or regional) monophthongal pox - form or may have arisen by association with the noun for “convulsion” in etymology 2 below.
Noun
f
a post to which an offender is tied in order to be flogged publicly
the act of publicly flogging someone at such a post
Declension
f
Derived terms
de stäupen
Etymology 2
17th century, from de gml stûpe convulsion, from the verb also at hand in en stoop. Cognate with nl stuip.
Noun
f.sg
de veterinary medicine distemper kind of disease
Declension
f.sg
Derived terms
de Hundestaupe
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