Staupe

German

Etymology

13th century, from northern Middle High German stūpe, from Middle Low German stûp, staup, from Polabian staup, from Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ (“post, pillar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaʊ̯pə/
• Hyphenation: Stau‧pe

• Audio:

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Noun

Staupe f (genitive Staupe, plural Staupen)

1. a post to which an offender is tied in order to be flogged publicly
2. the act of publicly flogging someone at such a post

Declension

Declension of Staupe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Staupe	die	Staupen
genitive	einer	der	Staupe	der	Staupen
dative	einer	der	Staupe	den	Staupen
accusative	eine	die	Staupe	die	Staupen

Derived terms

• stäupen

Further reading

• “Staupe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Staupe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache