Schaufel
- A tool with a broad, flat blade and typically upturned sides, used for moving coal, earth, snow, or other material. nounHe used a Schaufel to clear the snow from the driveway.The gardener picked up a Schaufel to plant the new flowers.
- A part of a machine resembling a shovel or scoop, such as a bucket on a digger or a paddle on a waterwheel. nounThe waterwheel's Schaufeln turned slowly in the river.The excavator's Schaufel was filled with dirt.