Scheff
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Scheff (plural Scheffs)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Scheff is the 27845th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 862 individuals. Scheff is most common among White (95.24%) individuals.
Central Franconian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *skey-, possibly from *sek- + *-éyti. The Middle High German variant schef (with a-mutation) would have yielded /ʃɛf/.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Scheff n (plural Scheffer or Scheffe or Scheff, diminutive Scheffje or Scheffche)
- (most dialects) ship
Descendants
[edit]Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skey-
- Central Franconian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sek-
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian nouns
- Central Franconian neuter nouns