Message: "Schopenhauer" - Behind the Name

Schopenhauer

by Getb (guest)

7/1/2012, 12:20 AM

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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- Marc (guest) +1

7/1/2012, 11:11 AM

A Schopenhauer was a woodworker who made brewers' ladles. It comes from Middle Low German schope 'ladle' and houwer (modern Hauer) 'cutter, hewer'.

- Getb (guest)

7/4/2012, 12:07 PM

thanks!

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