Neuter
🐑

Schaf

Concepts

sheep
🐑
lamb
🐑
ewe

Ovis aries

ovine
ram
🐏
simpleton
Goat
🐐

Sheep

disbudding
domestic sheep
sheepy
scur
sheep
🐑
Ram
🐏
sheep
🐑
ewes
goat
🐐
llama
🦙
Synonyms

Hammel
29k
Schafe
C1

Bokkie

Lamm
C1
🐑
Hausschaf
Ramme
31k
🐏
Mutterschaf
Kichererbse
Zibbe
Ziege
C1
🐐

Wollschaf

Aue
43k

Schafs-

Ovis Aries

Schafkamel

Lama
C2
🦙
Magd
C2

Ovine

Schafbock
🐏
Translations

oveja
🐑
mouton
🐑
pecora
🐑
ovelha
schaap
🐑
koyun
🐑

πρόβατο

ovella
🐑
ovis
🐑

feda

brebis
mî
🐑
pez
🐑
خروف
🐑
Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schooff

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃaːf/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
schâf
Inherited from Old High German
scāf
Cognate with Bavarian
Schåf
Cognate with Luxembourgish
Schof
Cognate with Hunsrik
Schof
Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
schaap
Cognate with Afrikaans
skaap
Cognate with English
English
sheep
Cognate with Western Frisian
Western Frisian
skiep
In summary

From Middle High German schâf, from Old High German scāf. Akin to Bavarian Schåf, Luxembourgish Schof, Hunsrik Schof, German Low German Schaap, Dutch schaap, Afrikaans skaap, English sheep, and West Frisian skiep. See sheep for more.

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