hopper / straw bed
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hopper
A usually funnel-shaped container for storing and dispensing bulk material such as grain, coal, or sand in controlled amounts.
Der Bauer öffnete den Verschluss der Schütte, um die Säcke mit Getreide zu füllen.
The farmer opened the hopper's closure to fill the sacks with grain.
straw bed
Regional or outdated term for a simple bed or a straw mattress used as a place to sleep.
Nach der langen Wanderung fielen die Knechte erschöpft auf ihre Schütten.
After the long hike, the farmhands fell exhausted onto their straw beds.
'Die Schütte' (hopper) is closely related to the verb 'schütten' (to pour or empty out). A Schütte is therefore a container from which something is poured.
Aus der Schütte rieselte das Futter in den Trog.
The feed trickled from the hopper into the trough.
In this meaning, the container is used for 'Schüttgut' (bulk material). These are materials that can be poured, such as grain, sand, gravel, or coal.
Die Arbeiter füllten die Schütte mit frischem Kies für die Baustelle.
The workers filled the hopper with fresh gravel for the construction site.
The meaning 'Bett' (bed) is outdated today or only still used in certain dialects. In modern standard German, people usually will not understand it that way.
In alten Romanen schlafen die Mägde manchmal auf einer einfachen Schütte aus Stroh.
In old novels, the maids sometimes sleep on a simple straw bed.
