schrubben

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German schrubben, schrobben (to scratch, remove by scraping), from a formation related to schrappen (to scrape), see there for more.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʁʊbn̩/
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Verb

schrubben (weak, third-person singular present schrubbt, past tense schrubbte, past participle geschrubbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to scrub

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • abschrubben
  • Schrubber
  • wegschrubben

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schrubben”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • schrubben” in Duden online
  • schrubben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache