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Schuhloeffel

Learn a funny, quirky German word each week with DW's Word of the Week feature. This week: Schuhloeffel

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Generally, spoons are used for things like soup, yogurt, ice cream, cereal, etc. But spoons for your shoes? Come to think of it, a shoe horn (the English equivalent of "Shuhloeffel") does in fact resemble a spoon, but I wouldn't recommend using it as one after it's touched all those feet.

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