Tschoope

Alemannic German

Alternative forms
  • Schoope (Thurgau, Schaffhausen, Zurich)
  • Tschoop (Graubünden)

Etymology

From Middle High German joppe, schoppe, from Old Italian giuppa, from Old Spanish aljuba (“doublet”), from Andalusian Arabic جبة‎‎ (gubbah), from Arabic جُبَّة‎ (jubba, “jubbah; cloak, coat”). Cognate with German Joppe.

Pronunciation
  • (Zurich) IPA(key): /ˈtʃoːpə/

Noun

Tschoope m (plural Tschööpe)

  1. (Valais, Unterwalden, Schwyz, Zug, Glarus, Graubünden, Zurich) jacket, coat
  2. (Uri) dress (item of clothing worn by a woman)

References
  • “Tschoope” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 74.
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