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-skap

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See also: skap, skáp, and skåp

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch -schap.

Suffix

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-skap

  1. -ship; -hood

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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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

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-skap

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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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

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-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
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Etymology 2

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Similar to above.

Suffix

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-skap m or n

  1. (nouns from nouns): -hood
    bror (brother)brorskap (brotherhood)

Etymology 3

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Similar to above.

Suffix

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

  1. (nouns from nouns):
    mann (man/human)mannskap (crew)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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

Suffix

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-skap n or c

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

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