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Schiff
Meaning
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- (feminine,masculine,proper-noun,surname) Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.
- (feminine,masculine,proper-noun,surname) Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.
Concepts
Synonyms
Schiffs-
Hinterdeck des Schiffes
Hohlgefäß
Kiel, Bluse, Kittel
Segelmacher
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
schiff
Basel-Landschaft
schlappe
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃɪf/
Etymology
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”).
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