-skap

See also: skap, skáp, and skåp

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch -schap.

Suffix

-skap

1. -ship; -hood

Derived terms

Afrikaans terms suffixed with -skap

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Cognate with English -scape and -ship. When Norwegian borrowed words from Dutch, Middle Low German, or Middle High German or German containing the suffixes -schap or -schaft, it used this suffix to loan-translate those as well.

Suffix

-skap

1. (nouns from nouns): -ship, -hood

Derived terms

• dovenskap
• ekteskap
• galskap
• kjennskap
• klokskap
• latskap
• sjømannskap
• slektskap
• vitenskap

 

See also

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -skap

References

• “-skap” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Cognate with English -scape and -ship. When Norwegian borrowed words from Dutch, Middle Low German, or Middle High German or German containing the suffixes -schap or -schaft, it used this suffix to loan-translate those as well.

Suffix

-skap m (definite singular -skapen, indefinite plural -skapar, definite plural -skapane)

1. (nouns from nouns): -ship, -hood

   ven (“friend”) → venskap (“friendhood”)

2. (nouns from adjectives): -ness, -ity

   lik (“equal”) → likskap (“equality”)

   veik (“weak”) → veikskap (“weakness”)

3. (nouns from adjectives): -ship, -hood

Derived terms

• dovenskap
• dårskap
• galskap
• kjennskap
• klokskap
• latskap
• sjømannskap
• slektskap
• vitskap

 

Etymology 2

Similar to above.

Suffix

-skap m or n

1. (nouns from nouns): -hood

   bror (“brother”) → brorskap (“brotherhood”)

Etymology 3

Similar to above.

Suffix

-skap n (definite singular -skapet, indefinite plural -skap, definite plural -skapa)

1. (nouns from nouns):

   mann (“man/human”) → mannskap (“crew”)

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -skap

References

• “-skap” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.

Suffix

-skap n or c

1. Used for creating nouns: -ship, -hood

Derived terms

Swedish terms suffixed with -skap

Anagrams

• spak