Schiff

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

cognates

Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, Yiddish שיף‎ (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɪf/
  • Rhymes: -ɪf
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Noun

Schiff n (genitive Schiffes or Schiffs, plural Schiffe, diminutive Schiffchen n or Schifflein n)

  1. (nautical) ship
  2. (architecture) nave

Declension
Declension of Schiff
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Schiff die Schiffe
genitive eines des Schiffes,
Schiffs		 der Schiffe
dative einem dem Schiff,
Schiffe1		 den Schiffen
accusative ein das Schiff die Schiffe
1Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms
  • (ship): Boot
  • (nave): Kirchenschiff

Derived terms

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃif/

Noun

Schiff n (plural Schiff)

  1. ship

Further reading
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