"Schopf" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɔpf/ Audio: De-Schopf.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German schopf, akin to Old High German scuft, from Proto-West Germanic *skuft, from Proto-Germanic *skuftą. Akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), compare English sheaf, scruff, Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), skauf (“fox's tail”), North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”), Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|schopf}} Middle High German schopf, {{cog|goh|scuft}} Old High German scuft, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*skuft}} Proto-West Germanic *skuft, {{der|de|gem-pro|*skuftą}} Proto-Germanic *skuftą, {{cog|got|𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄||hair of the head}} Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄 (skuft, “hair of the head”), {{cog|en|sheaf}} English sheaf, {{cog|non|skopt||hair of the head}} Old Norse skopt (“hair of the head”), {{cog|frr|skuft||back of the neck of a horse}} North Frisian skuft (“back of the neck of a horse”), {{cog|nl|schoft||withers (of a horse)}} Dutch schoft (“withers (of a horse)”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Schopf m (strong, genitive Schopfes or Schopfs, plural Schöpfe) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Schopfes [genitive], Schopfs [genitive], Schöpfe [plural], strong [table-tags], Schopf [nominative, singular], Schöpfe [definite, nominative, plural], Schopfes [genitive, singular], Schopfs [genitive, singular], Schöpfe [definite, genitive, plural], Schopf [dative, singular], Schopfe [dative, singular], Schöpfen [dative, definite, plural], Schopf [accusative, singular], Schöpfe [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. tuft (of hair) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Schopf-de-noun-hXO~DWLZ Categories (other): German terms with collocations
  2. (rare) wisp (of hair) Tags: masculine, rare, strong
    Sense id: en-Schopf-de-noun-OnNKzUAi
  3. (hunting jargon) crown (feathers sticking up at the back of a bird's head) Tags: jargon, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Schopf-de-noun-fTjhm5Wo Categories (other): Hunting, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 41 5 38 4 1 Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
  4. bunch of leaves Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Schopf-de-noun-VtoEdmXo
  5. the long hair on a horse's forehead Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Schopf-de-noun-6ZOP~EZq Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Animal body parts, Hair Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 6 4 41 5 38 4 1 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 5 5 34 5 43 5 3 Disambiguation of Hair: 24 24 15 0 37 0 0
  6. (Switzerland) shed, outbuilding Tags: Switzerland, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Schopf-de-noun-ydbEEfji Categories (other): Switzerland German
  7. (Switzerland) weather-proof roof Tags: Switzerland, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Schopf-de-noun-L5-20GT0 Categories (other): Switzerland German, Roofing Disambiguation of Roofing: 12 12 16 12 5 12 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Blondschopf, Brandschopf, Rotschopf, Schopf-Tintling, die Gelegenheit beim Schopfe packen (english: take time by the forelock), fassen (english: take time by the forelock), ergreifen (english: take time by the forelock)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Blondschopf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Brandschopf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Rotschopf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Schopf-Tintling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "take time by the forelock",
      "translation": "take time by the forelock",
      "word": "die Gelegenheit beim Schopfe packen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "take time by the forelock",
      "translation": "take time by the forelock",
      "word": "fassen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "take time by the forelock",
      "translation": "take time by the forelock",
      "word": "ergreifen"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "scuft"
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      "expansion": "Old High German scuft",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*skuft"
      },
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    },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍃𐌺𐌿𐍆𐍄",
        "3": "",
        "4": "hair of the head"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "sheaf"
      },
      "expansion": "English sheaf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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    },
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        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schoft",
        "3": "",
        "4": "withers (of a horse)"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    },
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    {
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schopf",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schöpfe",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Schopfes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schopfs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "Schopf",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schopfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schöpfen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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              14,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to grab someone by the hair",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "jemanden beim Schopf(e) packen",
          "translation": "to grab someone by the hair",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "strong"
      ]
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          "name": "Hunting",
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        },
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        "crown (feathers sticking up at the back of a bird's head)"
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      ],
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "bunch of leaves"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schopf-de-noun-VtoEdmXo",
      "links": [
        [
          "bunch",
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 4 41 5 38 4 1",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 34 5 43 5 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Animal body parts",
          "orig": "de:Animal body parts",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Anatomy"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 15 0 37 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Hair",
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        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-Schopf-de-noun-6ZOP~EZq",
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          "horse",
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          "forehead",
          "forehead"
        ]
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Switzerland German",
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      ],
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        "shed, outbuilding"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schopf-de-noun-ydbEEfji",
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 16 12 5 12 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Roofing",
          "orig": "de:Roofing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weather-proof roof"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schopf-de-noun-L5-20GT0",
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        [
          "weather",
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        ],
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        "(Switzerland) weather-proof roof"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɔpf/"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Schopf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/De-Schopf.ogg/De-Schopf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/De-Schopf.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "Schopf"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Animal body parts",
    "de:Hair",
    "de:Roofing"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Blondschopf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Brandschopf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rotschopf"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schopf-Tintling"
    },
    {
      "english": "take time by the forelock",
      "translation": "take time by the forelock",
      "word": "die Gelegenheit beim Schopfe packen"
    },
    {
      "english": "take time by the forelock",
      "translation": "take time by the forelock",
      "word": "fassen"
    },
    {
      "english": "take time by the forelock",
      "translation": "take time by the forelock",
      "word": "ergreifen"
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
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      "form": "Schopfes",
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        "genitive"
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    },
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      "form": "Schopfs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "Schöpfe",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    {
      "form": "Schopf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schöpfe",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Schopfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schopfs",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "Schöpfe",
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Schopf",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Schopfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schöpfen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "Schopf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "German terms with collocations"
      ],
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              14,
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          ],
          "english": "to grab someone by the hair",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "jemanden beim Schopf(e) packen",
          "translation": "to grab someone by the hair",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "tuft (of hair)"
      ],
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          "tuft"
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          "hair",
          "hair"
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        "strong"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "German terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wisp (of hair)"
      ],
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        [
          "wisp",
          "wisp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) wisp (of hair)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Hunting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crown (feathers sticking up at the back of a bird's head)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hunting",
          "hunting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "crown",
          "crown"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(hunting jargon) crown (feathers sticking up at the back of a bird's head)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "jargon",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "hunting",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bunch of leaves"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the long hair on a horse's forehead"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse",
          "horse"
        ],
        [
          "forehead",
          "forehead"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Switzerland German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shed, outbuilding"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shed",
          "shed"
        ],
        [
          "outbuilding",
          "outbuilding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Switzerland) shed, outbuilding"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Switzerland German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weather-proof roof"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weather",
          "weather"
        ],
        [
          "roof",
          "roof"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Switzerland) weather-proof roof"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɔpf/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schopf.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/De-Schopf.ogg/De-Schopf.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/De-Schopf.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schopf"
}

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