Schaf

Probably borrowed from German Schaf, or else influenced by it. Doublet of Schooff, which was inherited.

Schaf n

1. (Uri, rare) sheep

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 73.

• Schaaf (Colognian Academy spelling)

From Middle High German schaf, from Proto-Germanic *skapą.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːf/
• Homophone: Schav (may be distinguished by tone)

Schaf m or n (plural Schäf or Schafer, diminutive Schäfje or Schäfche)

1. (Ripuarian, western Moselle Franconian) cupboard

   Synonym: (eastern Moselle Franconian) Schank

• Masculine in Moselle Franconian. Traditionally neuter in Ripuarian, but now sometimes masculine after Standard German Schrank m. (This latter word may also be heard nowadays, but is not native.)

• Köcheschaf
• Kleederschaf

• Schof

From Middle High German schāf, from Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, akin to Bavarian Schåf, Luxembourgish Schof, Hunsrik Schof, German Low German Schaap, Dutch schaap, Afrikaans skaap, English sheep, and West Frisian skiep. See sheep for more.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːf/
• Rhymes: -aːf

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• Homophone: scharf (some speakers)

Schaf n (strong, genitive Schafes or Schafs, plural Schafe, diminutive Schäfchen n or Schäflein n)

1. sheep

   Schafwolle ― sheep's wool

   ein Schaf scheren ― to shear a sheep

• The singular means especially, though not exclusively, a female sheep (modern standard German having no generally applicable word for ewe).

• Tier n
• Säugetier n
• Nutztier n

• (female sheep): Mutterschaf n (chiefly with young); Zibbe f (regional); Aue f (obsolete)
• (male sheep): Bock m, Schafbock m, Widder m; Hammel m (castrated)
• (young sheep): Lamm n

• → Alemannic German: Schaf

• “Schaf” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schaf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schaf” in Duden online
• Schaf on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From Middle High German schaf, from Old High German scaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skap, from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Cognate with regional German Schaff (“tub, vat; cupboard”), Dutch schap.

• IPA^(key): /ʃaːf/
• Rhymes: -aːf

Schaf m (plural Schief)

1. cupboard; cabinet

• Kicheschaf
• Kleederschaf
• Wandschaf