schepen

Borrowed from Dutch schepen.

schepen (plural schepens)

1. A Dutch magistrate.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈsxeːpə(n)/

From Middle Dutch schēpen, from Old Dutch scepeno, possibly a derivative of Frankish *skappjan (“to shape, create”). Cognate with German Schöffe.

schepen m (plural schepenen, diminutive schepentje n)

1. alderman

• Afrikaans: skepen
• → English: schepen

From Middle Dutch schēpen, from Old Dutch *skipon, from Proto-West Germanic *skipōn. By surface analysis, schip +‎ -en.

schepen

1. (obsolete, ergative) to embark, ship
2. (obsolete, intransitive) to travel by ship

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

schepen

1. plural of schip

From Old Dutch scepeno, possibly a derivative of Frankish *skappjan (“to shape, create”).

schēpen m

1. alderman
   • 1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

     Descepenen van bochouta quedden alle degene die dese lettren sien selen i(n) onsen here.

     The aldermen of Bochoute address all who will see this letter by our lord.

• schēpene

• Dutch: schepen

• “schepen(e)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “schepen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN