Schopenhauer
anyone knows what Schopenhauer means? I guess Shophouse but that makes no sense whatsoever... (schopen=shop? Hauer=house? I know Haus is House or something like that)
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A Schopenhauer was a woodworker who made brewers' ladles. It comes from Middle Low German schope 'ladle' and houwer (modern Hauer) 'cutter, hewer'.
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thanks!
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