Wiktionary

Schiff

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif (“ship, barrel, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship, hollow object”). The sense “nave” is a semantic loan from Latin nāvis.

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 edit

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

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

  1. (nautical) ship
    Synonym: Boot
  2. (architecture) nave [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: Kirchenschiff, Langhaus
  3. (informal) a large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)
  4. (obsolete) vessel (for holding fluids)
    Synonym: Gefäß
  5. (dated, regional) boiler (metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens)
    Synonym: Wasserschiff
  6. (priting) galley (tray)
    Synonym: Setzschiff

Declension edit

Declension of Schiff [neuter, strong]
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 rare, see notes.

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Descendants edit

  • → Czech: šíf

Further reading edit

Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Schiff n (plural Schiff)

  1. ship

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