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Wischmopp

mop

noun VISH-mop Less Common

Origin: from English mop

Usage Note

Wischmopp prefixes the loanword Mopp with wischen (to wipe). You wring it out over a bucket, the Putzeimer; the masculine plural adds -s as with many loanwords.

Examples

"Den Fliesenboden wischt sie jeden Freitag mit dem Wischmopp."

Natural Translation

She mops the tile floor every Friday with the mop.

Literal Translation

The tile-floor wipes she every Friday with the mop.

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