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Schober

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Schober.

Proper noun

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Schober (plural Schobers)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Schober is the 11415th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2760 individuals. Schober is most common among White (94.89%) individuals.

Further reading

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German schober, from Old High German scobar, itself from the Proto-Germanic stem *skup- (barn, shed), from which also Schopf, Schuppen and English shop.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Schober m (strong, genitive Schobers, plural Schober)

  1. (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) hayshed
    Synonyms: Heustall, Heuschuppen
    • 1913 [1878], chapter 11, in Hermann Röhl, transl., Anna Karenina[1], translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 3:
      Er ging auf die Wiesen und sah sich die Schober an. Unmöglich konnten diese Schober je fünfzig Fuhren enthalten, und um die Bauern zu überführen, ließ Ljewin sofort einige mit dem Heueinfahren beschäftigte Gespanne heranholen, das Heu eines Schobers aufladen und in die Scheune fahren. Aus dem Schober kamen nur zweiunddreißig Fuhren heraus.
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  2. (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) stack
    Synonym: Haufen
    Am Nachmittag begannen sie, das Heu in Schober zu setzen.
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Declension

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Further reading

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  • Schober” in Duden online
  • Schober”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)