Schiff

Meaning

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)

Concepts

ship

🚢

vessel

nave

boat

⛵

craft

yacht

aisle

ships

hall

overalls

sail

galley

ship

🚢

smock

drogue

barge

counter for boat-shaped containers

Stern

ship

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vessel

ship

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hoy

Synonyms

Boot

⛵

Fahrzeug

Wasserfahrzeug

Kahn

Kirchenschiff

Luftfahrzeug

Schaluppe

Schiffsrumpf

Segel

Segelboot

⛵

Segelschiff

Schifffahrt

Schott

Achterschiff

Schiffs-

Wallfahrer

Hinterdeck des Schiffes

Hohlgefäß

Kiel, Bluse, Kittel

Segelmacher

Gefäß

Halle

Heck

Kutter

Translations

schip

🚢

barco

⛵

navio

🚢

navire

🚢

nave

🚢

bateau

nave

🚢

embarcación

πλοίο

buque

🚢

gemi

🚢

navis

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vaixell

nef

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

schiff

Basel-Landschaft

schlappe

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɪf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: schif

Inherited from Old High German: skif

Cognate with Low German: Schipp

Cognate with Western Frisian: skip

Cognate with Dutch: schip

Cognate with Yiddish: שיף

Cognate with English: ship

Cognate with Danish: skib

Cognate with Swedish: skepp

In summary

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”).

Sentences

Der Abfall soll noch im Schiff sortiert werden .

The waste is still to be sorted in the ship.

Das Schiff war benannt nach der größten Stadt der nordnorwegischen Fylke Finnmark.

The ship was named after the largest city of the northern Norwegian Fylke Finnmark.