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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
schaf
- inflection of schaffen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English sċēaf.
Noun
schaf
- Alternative form of scheef
Etymology 2
From Old English ċeaf.
Noun
schaf
- Alternative form of chaf
Middle High German
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (early) /s̠xɑːf/, (classical) /ʃɑːf/
Noun
schāf n (genitive singular schāfes, plural schāf)
- sheep
Declension
Declension of schāf (neuter, class 1 strong)
Descendants
References
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “schâf”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel