Etymology

Schopf

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Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

Middle High German schepfe
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  1. Middle High German · derived fromschepfe“juryman”
  2. English todaySchopf

* As a south German surname, from the noun Schopf (“tuft of hair”). * As a German/Bavarian surname Schöpf, from Middle High German schepfe (“juryman”), for which see modern Schöffe. Compare Schoepf, Sheff, Shepp. * As a Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from the noun Schopf (“shed”).

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