Scheuklappe
German
Etymology
scheuen (“to shrink from”) + Klappe (“flap”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɔɪ̯ˌklapə/
Audio (file)
Noun
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
Declension of Scheuklappe [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Descendants
- Norwegian Bokmål: skyklapp
Further reading
- “Scheuklappe” in Duden online
- “Scheuklappe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache