schaf

See also: Schaf

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑf

Verb

schaf

1. inflection of schaffen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

schaf

1. alternative form of scheef

Etymology 2

Noun

schaf

1. (East Anglia) alternative form of chaf

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈʃaːf/

Noun

schāf n (genitive singular schāfes, plural schāf)

1. sheep

Declension

Declension of schāf (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	schāf	diu	schāf
genitive	eines	dës	schāfes	dër	schāfe
dative	eime	dëm	schāfe	dën	schāfen
accusative	ein	daȥ	schāf	diu	schāf

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Schooff

  Swabian: Schoaf

• Bavarian: Schåf

  Carinthian: Hap

• East Central German:

  Upper Saxon German: Schåf

• German: Schaf
  • → Alemannic German: Schaf
• Hunsrik: Schof
• Luxembourgish: Schof
• Rhine Franconian: Schoof

  Palatine German: Schoof

  Pennsylvania German: Schof

• Vilamovian: siöf
• Yiddish: שאָף (shof)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “schâf”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel