schif

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːf/

Adjective

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

1. skew, oblique, slanted, crooked

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• schef

Etymology

From Old High German skif, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

schif n (genitive singular schiffes, plural schif)

1. ship

Descendants

• Bavarian: Schiff, Scheff
• Central Franconian: Scheff, Schöff, Schoff (all < MHG schif)
  • Luxembourgish: Schëff
• German: Schiff
• Yiddish: שיף (shif)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French skiff.

Noun

schif n (plural schifuri)

1. skiff

Declension

Declension of schif

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) schif	schiful	(niște) schifuri	schifurile
genitive/dative	(unui) schif	schifului	(unor) schifuri	schifurilor
vocative	schifule		schifurilor