Scheibe

English

Proper noun

Scheibe (plural Scheibes)

  1. A surname from German.

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯bə/
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  • Hyphenation: Schei‧be

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schībe, from Old High German skība, from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, part, divide, separate”). Cognate with Dutch schijf, English shive, sheave, skive, Old Norse skífa.

Noun

Scheibe f (genitive Scheibe, plural Scheiben, diminutive Scheibchen n)

  1. flat piece or surface
    1. disc
    2. slice (e.g. of bread)
    3. pane (of glass)
  2. (colloquial) record, song, album
  3. (colloquial) puck
Declension
Declension of Scheibe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Scheibe die Scheiben
genitive einer der Scheibe der Scheiben
dative einer der Scheibe den Scheiben
accusative eine die Scheibe die Scheiben
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: шайба (šajba)
  • → Hunsrik: Scheib
  • → Polish: szajba
  • → Romanian: șaibă
  • → Russian: шайба (šajba)

Proper noun

Scheibe m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Scheibes or (with an article) Scheibe, feminine genitive Scheibe, plural Scheibes or Scheibe)

  1. a surname
Declension
Declension of Scheibe [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Scheibe (eine) (die) Scheibe (die) Scheibes, Scheibe
genitive (eines) (des) Scheibes, Scheibe1 (einer) (der) Scheibe (der) Scheibes, Scheibe
dative (einem) (dem) Scheibe (einer) (der) Scheibe (den) Scheibes, Scheibe
accusative (einen) (den) Scheibe (eine) (die) Scheibe (die) Scheibes, Scheibe

1With an article.

Etymology 2

Minced oath for Scheiße.

Interjection

Scheibe!

  1. (dated) darn it, heck
Derived terms

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