An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Schuft

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2530992An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — SchuftJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

Schuft, masculine, ‘wretch, rascal, scamp,’ Modern High German only, formed from Low German schuft, Dutch schoft, which is usually derived from Low German schuf ût, ‘thrust out’; compare Dutch schavuit, ‘rascal,’ literally ‘scrape out’; hence Schuft, literally ‘offscouring’?.