schif

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German schief, from Middle High German schief, from Middle Low German schêf. While general Luxembourgish has borrowed the word from German, it was native in the northernmost dialects, where the form scheef (inflected scheewen) exists or existed.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃiːf/

Adjective

schif (masculine schifen, neuter schiift, comparative méi schif, superlative am schiifsten)

  1. skew, oblique, slanted, crooked

Middle High German

Alternative forms
  • schef

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (early) /s̠xif/, (classical) /ʃif/

Noun

schif n (genitive singular schiffes, plural schif)

  1. ship

Descendants
  • Bavarian: Schiff, Scheff
  • Central Franconian: Scheff, Schöff, Schoff (all < MHG schif)
  • German: Schiff
  • Yiddish: שיף (shif)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French skiff.

Noun

schif n (plural schifuri)

  1. skiff

Declension
Declension of schif
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) schif schiful (niște) schifuri schifurile
genitive/dative (unui) schif schifului (unor) schifuri schifurilor
vocative schifule schifurilor
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