Schiff

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

cognates

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʃɪf]
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Rhymes: -ɪf

Noun

Schiff n (genitive Schiffs or Schiffes, plural Schiffe, diminutive Schiffchen n or Schifflein n)

(nautical) ship
(architecture) nave

Declension

Declension of Schiff

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schiff	die	Schiffe
genitive	eines	des	Schiffes, Schiffs	der	Schiffe
dative	einem	dem	Schiff, Schiffe¹	den	Schiffen
accusative	ein	das	Schiff	die	Schiffe

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Synonyms

(ship): Boot
(nave): Kirchenschiff

Derived terms

Containerschiff, Kontainerschiff
Kirchenschiff
schiffbar
schiffen