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German Schiff

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Schiff (plural Schiffs)

  1. A surname from German
    1. A Jewish surname from Yiddish [in turn from German]

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German Schiff

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Schiff m or f by sense

  1. Schiff: a surname from German
    1. a Jewish surname from Yiddish [in turn from German]

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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).

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Schiff m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schiffs or (with an article) Schiff, feminine genitive Schiff, plural Schiffs)

  1. Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.
    1. a Jewish surname from Yiddish [in turn from German]

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  • English: Schiff
  • French: Schiff
  • Yiddish: Schiff

Noun

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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. (printing) galley (tray)
    Synonym: Setzschiff

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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Schiff n (plural Schiff)

  1. ship

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