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-schaft
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schaft Schaft
German
Etymology
de gem-pro 1
de gmh -schaft, from de goh -skaft, goh -skaf, from de gmw-pro *-skapi.
Cognate with nl -schap, sv -skap, en -ship, da -skab, fy -skip. Final -t possibly from de gem-pro *-þiz, as seen in gem-pro *gaskaftiz.
Pronunciation
de /ʃaft/ [ʃäft]
de LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--schaft.wav
de De--schaft.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Suffix
f
-ship, -hood
de Eltern Elternschaft parents parenthood
de Graf Grafschaft count county
Declension
f
Derived terms
de
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