Schaf
See also: schaf
Alemannic German
Etymology
Probably borrowed from German Schaf, or else influenced by it. Doublet of Schooff, which was inherited.
Noun
Schaf n
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 73.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German schāf, from Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, akin to Luxembourgish Schof, Hunsrik Schof, German Low German Schaap, Dutch schaap, Afrikaans skaap, English sheep, and West Frisian skiep. See sheep for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schaf n (strong, genitive Schafes or Schafs, plural Schafe, diminutive Schäfchen n or Schäflein n)
- sheep
- Schafwolle ― sheep's wool
- ein Schaf scheren ― to shear a sheep
Usage notes
- The singular means especially, though not exclusively, a female sheep (modern standard German having no generally applicable word for ewe).
Declension
Declension of Schaf [neuter, strong]
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Hausschaf n
- Mutterschaf n
- Schafaufzucht f
- Schafbock m
- Schäfer m
- Schäferhund m
- Schaffell n
- Schaffleisch n
- Schafgarbe f
- Schafherde f
- Schafhirte m
- Schafkäse m
- Schafleder m
- Schäflein n
- Schafmilch f
- Schafschur f
- Schafskleid n
- Schafskopf m
- Schafweide f
- Schafwolle f
- Schafzucht f
- schwarzes Schaf n
Related terms
- (female sheep): Mutterschaf n (chiefly with young); Zibbe f (regional); Aue f (obsolete)
- (male sheep): Bock m, Schafbock m, Widder m; Hammel m (castrated)
- (young sheep): Lamm n
Descendants
- → Alemannic German: Schaf
Further reading
- “Schaf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schaf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schaf” in Duden online
- Schaf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German schaf, from Old High German scaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skap, from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Cognate with regional German Schaff (“tub, vat; cupboard”), Dutch schap.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schaf m (plural Schief)
Derived terms
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