schröpfen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schrepfen, schreffen, from Old High German *skrepfan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrappjan (“to scrape, scratch”). Belongs to the strong verb *skrepan (Middle High German schrëffen, Old English screpan), of which it is an intensive, as is the stem variant *skrapōn, whence Middle High German schraffen and (via Middle Low German) modern schrap(p)en (“to scrape”). The various forms have influenced each other to a great extent. The ⟨ö⟩ is due to sporadic rounding of Middle High German /e/ in the vicinity of /ʃ/, /l/, and/or labials (cf. zwölf etc.). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃrœpfən/, [ˈʃʁœ.p͡fɱ̍], [-p͡f(ə)n], [-p͡ɸm̩], [-p͡ɸ(ə)n] Hyphenation: schröp‧fen === Verb === schröpfen (weak, third-person singular present schröpft, past tense schröpfte, past participle geschröpft, auxiliary haben) (usually transitive) (historical medicine) to bleed, cup (figuratively) to bleed, fleece, milk (take money from someone by exploitation or trickery) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== zur Ader lassen ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “schröpfen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schröpfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schröpfen” in Duden online