schoffel
Dutch
schoffel
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxɔ.fəl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schof‧fel
- Rhymes: -ɔfəl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schoffel (“shovel”), from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *skuflō.
Noun
schoffel m (plural schoffels, diminutive schoffeltje n)
- hoe (specifically a Dutch hoe)
- (dialectal, northern and eastern Netherlands) shovel
- Synonyms: schep, schop, spade
Descendants
- Afrikaans: skoffel
- → English: scuffle
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
schoffel
- first-person singular present indicative of schoffelen
- imperative of schoffelen