Schiff

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English

Etymology

German Schiff

Proper noun

Schiff (plural Schiffs)

  1. A surname from German
    1. A Jewish surname from Yiddish

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French

Etymology

German Schiff

Proper noun

Schiff m or f by sense

  1. Schiff: a surname from German
    1. a Jewish surname from Yiddish

German

Etymology

    From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif (“ship, barrel, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship, hollow object”). The sense “nave” is a semantic loan from Latin nāvis.

    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

    Proper noun

    Schiff m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schiffs or (with an article) Schiff, feminine genitive Schiff, plural Schiffs)

    1. Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.
      1. a Jewish surname from Yiddish

    Descendants

    • → English: Schiff
    • → French: Schiff
    • → Yiddish: Schiff

    Noun

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

    1. (nautical) ship
      Synonym: Boot
    2. (architecture) nave
      Synonyms: Kirchenschiff, Langhaus
    3. (informal) a large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)
    4. (obsolete) vessel (for holding fluids)
      Synonym: Gefäß
    5. (dated, regional) boiler (metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens)
      Synonym: Wasserschiff
    6. (printing) galley (tray)
      Synonym: Setzschiff

    Declension

    Declension of Schiff
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das Schiff die Schiffe
    genitive eines des Schiffes, Schiffs der Schiffe
    dative einem dem Schiff, Schiffe1 den Schiffen
    accusative ein das Schiff die Schiffe

    1Now rare, see notes.

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    Further reading

    Hunsrik

    Etymology

    From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Schiff n (plural Schiff)

    1. ship

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