Schtube
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Schtub, Stube
Etymology
From Middle High German stube, from Old High German stuba (“heated room, bathroom”), from Proto-Germanic *stubō (“room, sitting room, oven”). Cognate with German Stube, Yiddish שטוב (shtub), Dutch stoof, English stove, Icelandic stofa, Swedish stuga, Norwegian and Danish stue, also Italian stufa, French étuve.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtubə/
Noun
Schtube f (plural Schtubene)
- living room
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Si warte i de Schtube, kömed schnell…
- They're waiting in the living room, let's get moving…
- Si warte i de Schtube, kömed schnell…
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
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