Schabe

See also: schabe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schabe (“scraper, chaff, moulding; moth, cockroach”), from Old High German scaba (“scraper, plane”), from Proto-Germanic *skabō (“scraper”). Cognate with Dutch schaaf (“plane”). Also related to German Low German Schabbe (“mange, scabies”), English scab.

Pronunciation
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. scraper, flat instrument with a handle used for scraping
    Synonyms: (both commoner) Schaber, Schabeisen
  2. cockroach
    Synonyms: Kakerlake, Küchenschabe
  3. (obsolete or dialectal) scabies
    Synonyms: Krätze, Räude

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
  • “Schabe” in Duden online
  • “Schabe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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