schaf

See also: Schaf

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑf

Verb

schaf

1. inflection of schaffen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English sċēaf.

Noun

schaf

1. Alternative form of scheef

Etymology 2

From Old English ċeaf.

Noun

schaf

1. Alternative form of chaf

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (early) /s̠xɑːf/, (classical) /ʃɑːf/

Noun

schâf n (genitive singular schâfes, plural schâf)

1. sheep

Declension

Declension of schâf (neuter, a-stem)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	schâf	diu	schâf
genitive	eines	dës	schâfes	dër	schâfe
dative	einem	dëm	schâfe	dën	schâfen
accusative	ein	daȥ	schâf	diu	schâf

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Schooff

  Swabian: Schoaf

• Bavarian: Schåf

  Carinthian: Hap

• East Central German:

  Upper Saxon German: Schåf

• German: Schaf
  • → Alemannic German: Schaf
• Hunsrik: Schof
• Luxembourgish: Schof
• Rhine Franconian: Schoof

  Palatine German: Schoof

  Pennsylvania German: Schof

• Vilamovian: siöf
• Yiddish: שאָף (shof)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “schâf”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎^[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel