schub

• schob (obsolete)
• schobbe (obsolete)
• schubbe (archaic)

From Middle Dutch schubbe, scubbe. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /sxʏp/

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• Hyphenation: schub
• Rhymes: -ʏp

schub f (plural schubben, diminutive schubje n or schubbetje n)

1. scale (keratinous segment of certain animals' skin)
2. pigmented, chitinous segment of butterfly wings
3. a similarly flaky part of the exterior of plants

• shub

From German Schub (“phase”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃub]
• Hyphenation: schub
• Rhymes: -ub

schub (plural schubok)

1. (medicine) relapse, flare-up (a phase when a person with multiple sclerosis becomes ill again after a period of improvement)

   Synonyms: relapszus, visszaesés, állapotrosszabbodás, fellobbanás