Tschoope

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Schoope (Thurgau, Schaffhausen, Zurich)
Tschoop (Graubünden)

Etymology

From Middle High German joppe, schoppe, from Old Italian giuppa, from Old Spanish aljuba (“doublet”), from Andalusian Arabic ⁧جبة⁩ (gubbah), from Arabic ⁧جُبَّة⁩ (jubba, “jubbah; cloak, coat”). Cognate with German Joppe.

Pronunciation

(Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃoːpə/

Noun

Tschoope m (plural Tschööpe)

(Valais, Unterwalden, Schwyz, Zug, Glarus, Graubünden, Zürich) jacket, coat
(Uri) dress (item of clothing worn by a woman)

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 74.

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