# die Scheuklappe

die Scheuklappe is a German noun meaning “blinder”. Forms: der Scheuklappe, die Scheuklappen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Scheuklappe
- Plural: die Scheuklappen

## In other languages

- Русский: наглазник, шора

## Meanings

1. blinder, blinker (screen attached to a horse's bridle)
2. _figurative · in the plural_ blinker, narrow-mindedness
   - Scheuklappen tragen — to be blinkered

## Examples

- Warum tragen Pferde Scheuklappen? — Why do horses wear blinders?
- Versuch doch mal, die ganze Angelegenheit ohne parteipolitische Scheuklappen zu sehen! — Just try to look at the whole issue without your party-political blinkers on.

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