Schanze – German noun declension

Noun: Schanze
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Genitive

Dative

Accusative

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like Schanze

Teetasse, Hemmschwelle, Türangel, Entspannungspause, Umgehungsstraße, Schuppenflechte, Glasplatte, Türfalle, Teestube, Drossel, Biosynthese, Briefklammer, Bandbrasse, Bandbreite, Eisscholle, Bauweise, Umhängetasche, Schwester, K-Frage, Abflughalle, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Of uncertain origin. Attested since the 15th century. Several etymologies have been proposed.
2. Pfeifer suggests the regional Franconian/Hessian term Schanze (“basket”) (itself of unknown origin) as the origin, arguing that entrenchments resemble baskets from the inside, being dug-out earth pits that have been reinforced from the inside with brushwood. He rejects a derivation from Italian scansi (noun), plural of scanso, claiming that such theories are based on an unverifiable meaning of “defense”/“resistance” of the Italian term.
3. See also Dutch schans, Danish skanse, Swedish skans and English sconce. See: Dutch Nouns 'schans', Danish Nouns 'skanse', Swedish Nouns 'skans', English Nouns 'sconce'.

Verbs referencing "Schanze"

Romanian Nouns șanț, Hungarian Nouns sánc, Dutch Nouns schans, Finnish Nouns santsi, Ukrainian Nouns шанець.

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