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Schöpfeimer

bailing bucket

noun SHOEPF-eye-mer Less Common
Home & Lifestyle Household Items

Also means

dipping pail

Usage Note

Schöpfeimer combines schöpfen (to scoop) with Eimer (bucket); it names a pail used to draw or bail water. Masculine -er compounds like this keep the same form in the plural.

Examples

"Mit dem Schöpfeimer holte er Wasser aus dem Brunnen."

Natural Translation

With the bailing bucket he fetched water from the well.

Literal Translation

With the scoop-bucket fetched he water from the well.

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