Schaff

Meaning

  1. (dialectal) wooden container, tub, barrel
  2. (dialectal) cupboard, cabinet

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃaf/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German schaf, from Old High German scaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Doublet of Schapp. Cognate with Dutch schap and Swedish skåp.

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