schif

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German schief, from Middle High German schief, from Middle Low German schêf. While general Luxembourgish has borrowed the word from German, it was native in the northernmost dialects, where the form scheef (inflected scheewen) exists or existed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːf/

Adjective

schif (masculine schifen, neuter schiift, comparative méi schif, superlative am schiifsten)

1. skew, oblique, slanted, crooked

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• schef

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German skif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈʃif/

Noun

schif n (genitive singular schiffes, plural schif)

1. ship

Declension

Declension of schif (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	schif	diu	schif
genitive	eines	dës	schiffes	dër	schiffe
dative	eime	dëm	schiffe	dën	schiffen
accusative	ein	daȥ	schif	diu	schif

Descendants

• Bavarian: Schiff, Scheff
• Central Franconian: Scheff, Schoff, Schöff (parts of Eifel, southwestern Ripuarian)
  • Hunsrik: Schiff
  • Luxembourgish: Schëff
• German: Schiff
• Yiddish: שיף (shif)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French skiff.

Noun

schif n (plural schifuri)

1. skiff

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	schif	schiful		schifuri	schifurile
genitive-dative	schif	schifului		schifuri	schifurilor
vocative	schifule			schifurilor