Staupe

German

Etymology

13th century, from northern Middle High German stūpe, from Middle Low German stûp, staup, from Polabian staup, from Proto-Slavic *stъlbъ (“post, pillar”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaʊ̯pə/
  • Hyphenation: Stau‧pe
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Noun

Staupe f (genitive Staupe, plural Staupen)

  1. a post to which an offender is tied in order to be flogged publicly
  2. the act of publicly flogging someone at such a post

Declension
Declension of Staupe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Staupe die Staupen
genitive einer der Staupe der Staupen
dative einer der Staupe den Staupen
accusative eine die Staupe die Staupen

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