skib

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skip (“ship”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Cognate with English ship and German Schiff.

The meaning "nave" is influenced by German Schiff, which is a loan translation of Medieval Latin navis (“ship, nave”). It have arisen through a confusion of two Greek words: ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) and ναός (naós, “temple, nave”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskiːp/, , , (archaic, dialect) ,

Noun

skib n (singular definite skibet, plural indefinite skibe)

  1. ship, boat, vessel
  2. nave, aisle

Inflection

Declension of skib
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skib skibet skibe skibene
genitive skibs skibets skibes skibenes

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ https://udtaleordbog.dk/search.php?s=skib&std=IPA

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