schrapen.
to scrape
Meaning & usage
to scrape
to rake
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schrapen (“to scrape”), from Old Dutch *scrapon, from Proto-West Germanic *skrapōn, from Proto-Germanic *skrapōną (“to scrape”), from Proto-Indo-European *skreb-, *skrep- (“to engrave”). Doublet of scrapen. Closely related to schrappen (“to strike through; to cancel; to scrap”) and schrabben (“to scratch”), as well as schrabbelen (“to scratch repeatedly”). Cognate to English scrape, scrap and scrab.
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