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Schuppen

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See also: schuppen and Schüppen

German

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Etymology 1

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A nominal formation related to Schopf (tuft, crown (of feathers)), as they were originally covered with bundles of straw. Cognate with dialectal English shippon (cow-shed).[1]

Noun

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Schuppen m (strong, genitive Schuppens, plural Schuppen)

  1. shed
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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Schuppen

  1. plural of Schuppe

References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Schuppen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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  • Schuppen” in Duden online
  • Schuppen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache