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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schiff.

Proper noun

Schiff (plural Schiffs)

  1. A surname from German
    • 2023 June 21, Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson, “House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations”, in CNN‎:
      The resolution accuses Schiff of misleading the American people while pursuing the congressional investigation into Russia and the Trump campaign as the then-chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and for actions Schiff took leading up to the former president’s first impeachment. Schiff has dismissed the allegations as “false and defamatory.”
    1. A Jewish surname from Yiddish [in turn from German]

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schiff.

Proper noun

Schiff m or f by sense

  1. Schiff: a surname from German
    1. a Jewish surname from Yiddish [in turn from German]

German

Etymology

    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.

    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”).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Schiff m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schiffs or (with an article) Schiff, feminine genitive Schiff, plural Schiffs)

    1. Schiff: a surname originating as an occupation The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.
      1. a Jewish surname from Yiddish [in turn from German]

    Descendants

    • → English: Schiff
    • → French: Schiff
    • → Yiddish: שיף (Schiff)

    Noun

    Schiff n (strong, genitive Schiffes or Schiffs, plural Schiffe, diminutive Schiffchen n or Schifflein n)

    1. (nautical) ship
      Synonym: Boot
    2. (architecture) nave [from 16th c.]
      Synonyms: Kirchenschiff, Langhaus
    3. (informal) a large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)
    4. (obsolete) vessel (for holding fluids)
      Synonym: Gefäß
    5. (dated, regional) boiler (metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens)
      Synonym: Wasserschiff
    6. (printing) galley (tray)
      Synonym: Setzschiff

    Declension

    Declension of Schiff [neuter, strong]
    More information singular, plural ...

    1Now rare, see notes.

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    Hunsrik

    Etymology

    From Middle High German schif, from Old High German skif.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃif/
    • Rhymes: -if
    • Syllabification: Schiff

    Noun

    Schiff n (plural Schiff)

    1. ship

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