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

From Old English sċēaf.

Noun

schaf

  1. alternative form of scheef

Etymology 2

From Old English ċeaf.

Noun

schaf

  1. alternative form of chaf

Middle High German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠xaːf/

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
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