schiffen

See also: Schiffen

German

Etymology

In olden times, noble women didn't wear any undergarments, and when they needed to urinate, servants gave them a container in the form of a little ship (Schiff being the German word for ship)

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

schiffen (third-person singular simple present schifft, past tense schiffte, past participle geschifft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to sail (go by ship)
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Acts 13:4 (with KJV translation)
      Diese nun, wie sie ausgesandt waren vom heiligen Geist, kamen sie gen Seleucia, und von da schifften sie gen Zypern.
      So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
  2. (colloquial) to urinate

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