-schaft

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Middle High German -schaft, from Old High German -skaft, -skaf, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi.

Cognate with Dutch -schap, Swedish -skap, English -ship, Danish -skab, West Frisian -skip.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃaft/, [ʃäft]
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Suffix[edit]

-schaft f (genitive -schaft, plural -schaften)

  1. -ship, -hood
    ‎Eltern (“parents”) + ‎-schaft → ‎Elternschaft (“parenthood”)
    ‎Graf (“count”) + ‎-schaft → ‎Grafschaft (“county”)

Declension[edit]

Declension of -schaft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die -schaft die -schaften
genitive einer der -schaft der -schaften
dative einer der -schaft den -schaften
accusative eine die -schaft die -schaften

Derived terms[edit]

German terms suffixed with -schaft
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