schep

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sxɛp/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: schep
  • Rhymes: -ɛp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schep, from Middle Dutch scheppen. Compare Dutch schop.

Noun

schep f or m (plural scheppen, diminutive schepje n)

  1. scoop, shovel
Derived terms
  • taartschep

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schep

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English sċēap, sċēp, from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃeːp/, /ʃɛːp/

Noun

schep (plural schep)

  1. sheep

Descendants

  • English: sheep (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: scheip, schap, scheep, schepe, schip
  • Yola: zheep, sheep

References

North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

Noun

schep n (plural schep)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) sheep