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schöpfen

[ˈʃœpfən]

verb

LanguageGerman (Germany)

Meaning
  1. to scoop up, to draw (water, sand etc.) with a bucket
  2. to draw (air), to inhale deeply
  3. to draw, gain (strength, energy)
  4. to take, gain, derive (something) from (in this sense there is a certain semantic overlap with the verb for “create” in etymology 2)
Examples

Sie ging zum Dorfbrunnen, um Wasser zu schöpfen.

She went to the village well to draw water.

Pronunciationˈʃœpfən

Part of speechverb

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schöpfen in other languages

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.