Schabracke
German
editEtymology
edit17th century, from Hungarian csábrák. Some sources derive it further from Ottoman Turkish چاپراق (çaprak), while others suggest that the Ottoman is itself from Hungarian.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSchabracke f (genitive Schabracke, plural Schabracken)
- shabrack (decorative saddlecloth)
- 1811, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Fünftes Buch”, in Aus meinem Leben, volume 1, Tübingen, page 455:
- Das Gefolg der kaiserlichen Majestät übertraf nunmehr, wie billig, die übrigen. Die Bereiter, die Handpferde, die Reitzeuge, Schabracken und Decken zogen aller Augen auf sich, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) certain other kinds of coverings, especially
- pelmet (cloth or frame used to conceal curtain fixtures)
- Synonym: Querbehang
- (dated) protective cloth (for furniture etc.)
- Synonyms: Schutzdecke, Schondecke, Zierdecke
- pelmet (cloth or frame used to conceal curtain fixtures)
- (figurative, derogatory) someone or something ugly or decrepit, especially
- hag (ugly and/or slovenly woman)
- 2006, “Ich hasse dich”, performed by Lady Bitch Ray:
- Du bist so billig wie 'ne Nutte an der Ampel / Die Schabracke, die mit Cap rumrennt
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- an old horse
- Synonym: Kracke
- hag (ugly and/or slovenly woman)
Declension
editDeclension of Schabracke [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Schabracke | die | Schabracken |
genitive | einer | der | Schabracke | der | Schabracken |
dative | einer | der | Schabracke | den | Schabracken |
accusative | eine | die | Schabracke | die | Schabracken |
Further reading
edit- “Schabracke” in Duden online
- “Schabracke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schabracke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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