Schof

• Schouf (Northern Bavarian)

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔːf/

Schof n (plural Schof)

1. Alternative spelling of Schåf

From Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą. Cognate with German Schaf, Limburgish sjaop, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep, English sheep.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔːf/

Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Schöfje or Schöfche or Schäfche)

1. sheep

• Schöfer

Compare German Schaf.

Schof n

1. (Erzgebirgisch) sheep

• 2004 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Ich putz mein Christbaam aa, P. 11

• Schoof

Borrowed from Low German Schoof, from Middle Low German schôf, from Old Saxon skōf, from Proto-Germanic *skaubaz. Doublet of Schaub.

• IPA^(key): /ʃoːf/

Schof m (strong, genitive Schofes or Schofs, plural Schofe)

1. (hunting, ornithology) a group of ducklings or goslings led by one or two parent birds

   Synonyms: (informal) Entenfamilie, Gänsefamilie

2. (Northern Germany, in Missingsch or thatchers’ jargon) Alternative form of Schaub (“sheaf of straw or reed”)

• xoof (Wiesemann spelling system)

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːf/

Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Schefche)

1. sheep

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schof”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 145

From Middle High German schāf, from Old High German scāf. Compare German Schaf, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep, English sheep.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -oːf

Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Scheefchen)

1. sheep

• Schéifer

• Schof in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

From Middle High German schāf, from Old High German scāf. Compare German Schaf, English sheep, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep.

Schof n (plural Schof)

1. sheep