Schippe

schippe -schippe German Alternative forms de Schüppe less common spelling, but very common spoken form Etymology A Central and Low German word, from northern de gmh *schüppe (attested 15th c.) and de gml schüppe, from de gem-pro *skupjō. Cognate with lb Schëpp shovel, nl schop shovel, spade. Pronunciation de /ˈʃɪpə/ de De-Schippe.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f shovel de Schaufel de Sie hat den Graben ganz allein mit der Schippe ausgehoben. She’s dug the ditch all on her own with a shovel. de figuratively used as a typical property of manual labourers de Es kann nicht jeder Professor sein. Irgendwer muss auch mit der Schippe arbeiten. Not everybody can be a professor; someone must work with a shovel too. de regional card games often in the plural spade de Pik Usage notes de Schippe and de Schüppe are preferred to the synonym de Schaufel in many parts of northern and central Germany. The latter is, however, more common in formal contexts. Declension f Coordinate terms Derived terms de schippen de auf die Schippe nehmen de von der Schippe springen de eine Schippe drauflegen Further reading Hunsrik Pronunciation hrx /ˈʃipə/ Noun hrx noun form f hrx Schipp Pennsylvania German Noun pdc noun form pdc Schipp