schip.
ship (a large, water borne vessel)
Meaning & usage
ship (a large, water borne vessel)
Het grote schip vaart over de oceaan naar verre landen.
De haven was vol met kleurrijke schepen van over de hele wereld.
nave (the middle or body of a standard medieval church or cathedral, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances)
De imposante kathedraal had een prachtig versierd schip met hoge gewelven.
De middeleeuwse kerk had een eenvoudig, maar indrukwekkend schip in gotische stijl.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schip, from Old Dutch skip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip. Cognates Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian to cut, lop.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.