scheef

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eːf
IPA^(key): /sxeːf/
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Adjective

scheef (comparative schever, superlative scheefst)

crooked, not level or straight
(informal) weird, not right

Inflection

Inflection of scheef
uninflected	scheef
inflected	scheve
comparative	schever
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		scheef	schever	het scheefst het scheefste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	scheve	schevere	scheefste
	n. sing.	scheef	schever	scheefste
	plural	scheve	schevere	scheefste
definite		scheve	schevere	scheefste
partitive		scheefs	schevers	—

Middle English

Alternative forms

schefe, szefe, ssef, shafe, shafe, scheff, schaf, sheff, shef

Etymology

From Old English sċēaf, from Proto-Germanic *skaubaz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɛːf/
Rhymes: -ɛːf

Noun

scheef (plural scheves or schefes)

A sheaf (a grain bundle)
A sheaf as part of a paying in kind of tax.
A group of arrows or the container they belong in.
A specified amount of steel or glass used as a measurement.
(rare) A bunch of any other kind of agricultural produce.
(rare) A bunch of any other small, long item.

Descendants

English: sheaf
Scots: sheaf

References

“shelf(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

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