scheef

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eːf
  • IPA(key): /sxeːf/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch scheyff, from Proto-West Germanic *skēf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaib, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz ‘crooked, askew’, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwo-.

Compare Latin scaevus (“left, clumsy”), Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós, “rude; brusque”), Latvian šķìbs (“crooked”).[1] Cognate with German schief, Old English *sc(e)āf (in scāffōt (“splay-footed”)), Swedish skev.

Adjective

scheef (comparative schever, superlative scheefst)

  1. crooked, not level or straight
    Synonym: schuin
  2. (informal) weird, not right
Inflection
Inflection of scheef
uninflected scheef
inflected scheve
comparative schever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial scheefscheverhet scheefst
het scheefste
indefinite m./f. sing. schevescheverescheefste
n. sing. scheefscheverscheefste
plural schevescheverescheefste
definite schevescheverescheefste
partitive scheefsschevers—
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: skeef
  • → Papiamentu: scheef (dated)

References
  1. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “scheef1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch scēve, from Proto-Germanic *skibō-; cognate with Low German Schääv, German Schäbe, and English shive, all ‘fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp’.[1]

Noun

scheef f (plural scheven, diminutive scheefje n)

  1. (textiles) shive, i.e. fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp
    Synonym: leem

References
  1. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “schijf”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎ (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sċēaf.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃɛːf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛːf

Noun

scheef (plural scheves or schefes)

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

Descendants

References

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German schêf, from Old Saxon *skêf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaib, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz (“crooked”), of disputed ultimate origin. Perhaps from the same source as *skeuhaz (“frightened, shy”).[1] Another possibility is Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos, the source of Latin scaevus (“on the left side”).[2] See also Swedish skev, Dutch scheef, German schief.

Adjective

scheef

  1. aslant, askew, oblique, sloping, slanting

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “skew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “scheef”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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