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schaben

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schaben, from Old High German skaban, from Proto-West Germanic *skaban, from Proto-Germanic *skabaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (to scratch).

Compare Dutch schaven, English shave, Danish skave, Swedish skava, Icelandic skafa, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (skaban).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaːbn̩/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: scha‧ben
  • Rhymes: -aːbn̩

Verb

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schaben (weak, third-person singular present schabt, past tense schabte, past participle geschabt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to scrape; to scratch; to scour; to chafe
  2. (intransitive) to scrape
  3. (reflexive) to scrape oneself; to scrub oneself
  4. (reflexive, figuratively) to shave oneself

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • schaben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schaben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schaben” in Duden online
  • schaben” in OpenThesaurus.de