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Schippe

Schippe

German

Alternative forms

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

Noun

Schippe f (genitive Schippe, plural Schippen)

  1. shovel
    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.

Usage notes

  • 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.

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