Schuppen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]Schuppen m (strong, genitive Schuppens, plural Schuppen)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schuppen [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]Schuppen
References
[edit]- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Schuppen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN