Etymograph

English

schlepper

From schlep + -er.

A compound of schlep + -er

Middle Low German slêpen

Middle High German slepen

Yiddish שלעפּן ‘to drag’

English schlep

Another origin of schlepper

  1. Yiddishmodernשלעפּער
  2. Englishtodayschlepper

Today it means

noun A servant who carries things; a porter.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “schlepper”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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