Schublade

German

Etymology

Schub (“push”) +‎ Lade (“box”), 16th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃuːpˌlaːdə/ (standard)
IPA^(key): /ˈʃʊpˌlaːdə/ (common variant, particularly western Germany)
Audio (file)

Noun

Schublade f (genitive Schublade, plural Schubladen)

drawer (open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing)
(figurative) category, pigeonhole
Sie haben ihn in eine Schublade gesteckt, in die er nicht passt.
You've put him in a category he doesn't fit.

Declension

Declension of Schublade [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schublade	die	Schubladen
genitive	einer	der	Schublade	der	Schubladen
dative	einer	der	Schublade	den	Schubladen
accusative	eine	die	Schublade	die	Schubladen

Derived terms

in eine Schublade stecken
Aktenschrankschublade
Tischschublade

Related terms

Schubladendenken
Schubladengriff
Schubladenknopf

Descendants

→ Czech: šuplík
→ Polish: szuflada
- → Belarusian: шуфля́да (šufljáda)
  - → Russian: шуфля́да (šufljáda) (Belarus)
- → Kashubian: zëflôda
- → Ukrainian: шухля́да (šuxljáda)
- → Yiddish: שופֿלאָד‎ (shuflod)

Further reading

“Schublade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schublade” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Schublade” in Duden online
“Schublade” in OpenThesaurus.de
Schublade on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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