Schiff

Significado

Name

1. (feminine,masculine,proper-noun,surname) Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.
2. (feminine,masculine,proper-noun,surname) Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.

Noun

1. (neuter,strong) ship
2. (neuter,strong) nave
3. (informal,neuter,strong) a large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)
4. (neuter,obsolete,strong) vessel (for holding fluids)
5. (dated,neuter,regional,strong) boiler (metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens)
6. (neuter,strong) galley (tray)

Xénero

Neutro

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ʃɪf/

Etimoloxía

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”).

Oracións

Das Schiff wechselte den Besitzer zu „Wm.

The ship changed hands to "Wm.