Stauf (mug)

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Coat of arms of the Lords of Staufen: three golden baptisms

Stauf ( mhd. Stouf , ahd. Stouf, stoupf ) is an outdated term for a mug , goblet or beer mug . A stauf can be made of ceramic, precious metal or glass. After the German dictionary of the brothers Grimm , the old word is Stauf for a drinking vessel from the Germanic * staupa emerged and later by those from the Latin -derived loan words cup and cup displaced. In addition to Stauf , the spelling Stauff or stauff was also historically common.

A Stauf glass is according to the German dictionary a beer glass, in contrast to the wine glass. In Switzerland, the name Stauf-Humpen is used for a large jug .

With Regenstauf also a was Hohlmaß designated variable size depending on the region and time period. In the Weistum von Lemen and Gondorf (1516) there is a stauff weins as a quantity of wine. The minor form Staufe was only used for this meaning.

Baptism on coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Lords of Staufen shows three golden baptisms. In this case, they are goblets, similar to Romans , but without a pronounced stem and with a step shape.

The coat of arms of the Küssenberger shows a dammed glass with knobs , a knobbed glass.

See also

  • Kalyx , ancient variant of the chalice

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stauf . Duden online
  2. ↑ Stauf. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 17 : Speaker - standing clock - (X, 2nd section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1919 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  3. ↑ Storage jar. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 17 : Speaker - standing clock - (X, 2nd section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1919 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  4. ↑ Stauf, meaning 3). In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 17 : Speaker - standing clock - (X, 2nd section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1919 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  5. ↑ Jakob Grimm: Weisthümer . Part 2. Goettingen 1840
  6. ↑ Staufe, see meaning 1). In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 17 : Speaker - standing clock - (X, 2nd section, part 1). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1919 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).