Schippe

See also: schippe and -schippe

German

Alternative forms

• Schüppe (less common spelling, but very common spoken form)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪpə/

• Audio:

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Noun

Schippe f (genitive Schippe, plural Schippen)

1. shovel

   Synonym: Schaufel

   Sie hat den Graben ganz allein mit der Schippe ausgehoben.

   She's dug the ditch all on her own with a shovel.

2. (figuratively) used as a typical property of manual labourers

   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.

3. (regional, card games, often in the plural) spade

   Synonym: Pik

Usage notes

• Schippe and Schüppe are preferred to the synonym Schaufel in many parts of northern and central Germany. The latter is, however, more common in formal contexts.

Declension

Declension of Schippe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schippe	die	Schippen
genitive	einer	der	Schippe	der	Schippen
dative	einer	der	Schippe	den	Schippen
accusative	eine	die	Schippe	die	Schippen

Derived terms

• schippen
• von der Schippe springen
• eine Schippe drauflegen

Further reading

• “Schippe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schippe” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃipə/

Noun

Schippe f

1. plural of Schipp

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Schippe

1. plural of Schipp