Scheuklappe
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
scheuen (“to shrink from”) + Klappe (“flap”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Scheuklappe f (genitive Scheuklappe, plural Scheuklappen)
- blinder, blinker (screen attached to a horse's bridle)
- (figurative, in the plural) blinker, narrow-mindedness
- Scheuklappen tragen ― to be blinkered
Declension[edit]
Declension of Scheuklappe [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Scheuklappe | die | Scheuklappen |
genitive | einer | der | Scheuklappe | der | Scheuklappen |
dative | einer | der | Scheuklappe | den | Scheuklappen |
accusative | eine | die | Scheuklappe | die | Scheuklappen |
Holonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Norwegian Bokmål: skyklapp
Further reading[edit]
- “Scheuklappe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Scheuklappe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Scheuklappe” in Duden online