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Schabe.

scraper, flat instrument with a handle used for scraping

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. scraper, flat instrument with a handle used for scraping

    feminine
  2. cockroach

    feminine
  3. scabies

    dialectal · feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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