Noun: Schiff
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Schiff |
| Plural | Schiffe |
Definite
| Singular | das Schiff |
| Plural | die Schiffe |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Schiffes; Schiffs |
| Plural | Schiffe |
Definite
| Singular | des Schiffes; Schiffs |
| Plural | der Schiffe |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Schiff; Schiffe |
| Plural | Schiffen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Schiff; Schiffe |
| Plural | den Schiffen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Schiff |
| Plural | Schiffe |
Definite
| Singular | das Schiff |
| Plural | die Schiffe |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Schiff
Kopiergerät,
Betriebswirt,
Einzelbetrieb,
Acker-Schachtelhalm,
Schmuckstein,
Schmuckstück,
Mundstück,
Antiquariat,
Türgriff,
Walross-Elfenbein,
Baustoff,
Baustein,
Dezernat,
Kohlenwasserstoff,
Gussteil,
Drehort,
Dreieck,
Gitarrenspiel,
Folgejahr,
Schigebiet, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif (“ship, barrel, vessel”), from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship, hollow object”). The sense “nave” is a semantic loan from Latin nāvis.
2. 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”). See: Dutch Nouns '
schip', English Nouns '
ship', Danish Nouns '
skib', Swedish Nouns '
skepp'.
Verbs referencing "Schiff"
English Nouns
ship, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
skip, Danish Nouns
skib, Czech Nouns
šíf.
Translations