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

Schabe f (genitive Schabe, plural Schaben)

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

Declension of Schabe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schabe	die	Schaben
genitive	einer	der	Schabe	der	Schaben
dative	einer	der	Schabe	den	Schaben
accusative	eine	die	Schabe	die	Schaben

Related terms

• schaben

Further reading

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