Scherbe

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German scherbe, from Old High German scirbi, from Proto-Germanic *skarbōjan-, related to *skrapōną (“to scratch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃɛʁbə/, [ˈʃɛɐ̯bə] Hyphenation: Scher‧be === Noun === Scherbe f (genitive Scherbe, plural Scherben, diminutive Scherbchen n or Scherblein n) shard, sherd, fragment Synonym: (Austria) Scherben m ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== in Scherben liegen Scherben bringen Glück ==== Related terms ==== Scherbenhaufen, Scherbengericht Glasscherbe, Tonscherbe === Further reading === “Scherbe” in Duden online “Scherbe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Scherbe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Scherbe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.