Schuppe
German, noun
Schuppe is spelled S-C-H-U-P-P-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 98,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schuppe is a German feminine noun meaning “scale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Schüppe is a different word: “alternative form of Schippe (“shovel”)”. In lower case, schuppe is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “regelmäßig geformte Platte aus Horn oder Ähnlichem als Bestandteil der Haut vieler Tiere”.
What does Schuppe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininescale (keratin pieces covering the skin of certain animals)
- 2
femininepiece of dandruff; and in the plural: dandruff
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of Schippe (“shovel”)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. regelmäßig geformte Platte aus Horn oder Ähnlichem als Bestandteil der Haut vieler Tiere 2. kleines abgeschilfertes Hornplättchen der menschlichen Haut
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schuppe
- Schuppen plural
- Schüppchen diminutive neuter
- Schüppen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schuppe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schuppe in German?
Schuppe appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).