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Schiff.

ship

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃɪf/

  1. ship

    neuter · strong

  2. nave

    neuter · strong

  3. a large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)

    informal · neuter · strong

  4. vessel (for holding fluids)

    neuter · obsolete · strong

  5. boiler (metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens)

    dated · neuter · regional · strong

  6. galley (tray)

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

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”).

name/ʃɪf/

  1. Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname

  2. Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen. a Jewish surname from Yiddish

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

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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