Schippe

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

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪpə/

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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

• 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.

• schippen
• von der Schippe springen
• eine Schippe drauflegen

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃipə/

Schippe f

1. plural of Schipp

Schippe

1. plural of Schipp