Schiff

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German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

cognates

Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, Dutch schip, Yiddish שיף (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian škibît (“to cut, lop”).

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

Schiff n (genitive Schiffs or Schiffes, plural Schiffe, diminutive Schiffchen)

  1. (nautical) ship
  2. (architecture) nave

Declension [edit]

declension of Schiff
singular plural
n gender indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Schiff die Schiffe
genitive eines des Schiffes,
Schiffs		 der Schiffe
dative einem dem Schiff,
Schiffe (archaic)		 den Schiffen
accusative ein das Schiff die Schiffe

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