schöpfen

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See also: Schöpfen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃœpfən/
  • Hyphenation: schöp‧fen

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schepfen, from Old High German scaphan, skepfen, scephen, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną, causative of modern German schaffen, with rounding triggered by the surrounding consonants.

Verb

schöpfen (weak, third-person singular present schöpft, past tense schöpfte, past participle geschöpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to create (clarification of this definition is needed)
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Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *skuppōną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-. Related to English scoop.

Verb

schöpfen (weak, third-person singular present schöpft, past tense schöpfte, past participle geschöpft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to draw (water or air, for example), scoop up
  2. to derive
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Further reading

  • schöpfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schöpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schöpfen” in Duden online
  • schöpfen” in OpenThesaurus.de