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schaap.

sheep (a woolly ruminant animal of the genus Ovis)

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/sxaːp/

  1. sheep (a woolly ruminant animal of the genus Ovis)

    neuter
    Slaap, kindje, slaap, / daar buiten loopt een schaap. (nursery rhyme)
    Schaapje, schaapje, heb je witte wol? (nursery rhyme)

  2. someone with very curly hair

    derogatory · endearing · figuratively · neuter

  3. sheep (unthinking follower)

    neuter

  4. a member of a priest's or minister's congregation

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch schâep, from Old Dutch skāp, scāp, from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

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