Schopf

• As a south German surname, from the noun Schopf (“tuft of hair”).
• As a German/Bavarian surname Schöpf, from Middle High German schepfe (“juryman”), for which see modern Schöffe. Compare Schoepf, Sheff, Shepp.
• As a Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the noun Schopf (“shed”).

Schopf (plural Schopfes)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schopf is the 38640^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 572 individuals. Schopf is most common among White (94.23%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schopf”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ʃopf/

Schopf m (plural Schöpf, diminutive Schöpfli)

1. shed, outhouse
   • 2009, Andreas Neeser, No alles gliich wie morn, page 15:

     Grossvatter, geschter hämmer s Schöpfli gruumet.

     Grandfather, yesterday we cleared out the little shed.

From Middle High German schopf, akin to Old High German scuft, from Proto-West Germanic *skuft, from Proto-Germanic *skuftą.

Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), compare English sheaf, scruff, Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), skauf (“fox's tail”), North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”), Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔpf/

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Schopf m (strong, genitive Schopfes or Schopfs, plural Schöpfe)

1. tuft (of hair)

   jemanden beim Schopf(e) packen

   to grab someone by the hair

2. (rare) wisp (of hair)
3. (hunting jargon) crown (feathers sticking up at the back of a bird's head)
4. bunch of leaves
5. the long hair on a horse's forehead
6. (Switzerland) shed, outbuilding
7. (Switzerland) weather-proof roof

• Blondschopf
• Brandschopf
• Rotschopf
• Schopf-Tintling
• die Gelegenheit beim Schopfe packen/fassen/ergreifen (“take time by the forelock”)

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