Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From German schief, from Middle High German schief, from Middle Low German schêf. While general Luxembourgish has borrowed the word from German, it was native in the northernmost dialects, where the form scheef (inflected scheewen) exists or existed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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schif (masculine schifen, neuter schiift, comparative méi schif, superlative am schiifsten)

  1. skew, oblique, slanted, crooked

Middle High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Old High German skif, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey-, possibly from *sek- + *-éyti.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (early) /s̠xif/, (classical) /ʃif/

    Noun

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    schif n (genitive singular schiffes, plural schif)

    1. ship

    Declension

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    Descendants

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    • Bavarian: Schiff, Scheff
    • Central Franconian: Scheff, Schoff, Schöff (parts of Eifel, southwestern Ripuarian)
    • German: Schiff
    • Yiddish: שיף (shif)

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French skiff.

    Noun

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    schif n (plural schifuri)

    1. skiff

    Declension

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    Declension of schif
    singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative-accusative schif schiful schifuri schifurile
    genitive-dative schif schifului schifuri schifurilor
    vocative schifule schifurilor