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Schiff
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schiff
English
Etymology
en :bor de:Schiff + 1
Proper noun
s
en German.
en Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house 2023-06-21 The resolution accuses Adam 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.” https://web.archive.org/web/20230629063359/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house/
en Jewish Yiddish < German.
Derived terms
en Schiff base Schiff reagent Schiff test metallated Schiff base
Translations
French: fr Schiff
German: de Schiff
Yiddish: yi שיף Schiff
French
Etymology
fr :bor de:Schiff
fr de Schiff.
Proper noun
mfbysense
en Schiff: fr German
fr Jewish Yiddish < German
German
Etymology
de :inh gmh:schif<id:ship> ship
From de gmh schif, from de goh skif ship, barrel, vessel, from de gmw-pro *skip, from de gem-pro *skipą ship, hollow object. The sense nave is a de la nāvis 1.
Cognate with nds Schipp, fy skip, nl schip, yi שיף, en ship, da skib, sv skepp. Related also to Lithuanian lt skiẽbti to rip up, Latvian lv skibit škibît to cut, lop.
Pronunciation
de /ʃɪf/
de ɪf 1
de De-Schiff.ogg
de De-Schiff2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-at-Schiff.ogg Austria
Noun
n,(e)s chen,lein,erl
de nautical ship
de Boot
de architecture nave from 16th c.
de Kirchenschiff Langhaus
de informal a large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)
de obsolete vessel for holding fluids
de Gefäß
de dated regional boiler metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens
de Wasserschiff
de printing galley tray
de Setzschiff
Declension
n,(e)s
Derived terms
de schiffbar
de schiffen
Related terms
de Außenschiff Containerschiff Fährschiff Flussschiff Frachtschiff Handelsschiff Hauptschiff Kontainerschiff Kirchenschiff Kreuzschiff Kreuzfahrtschiff Kriegsschiff Küstenschiff Langschiff Längsschiff Nebenschiff Passagierschiff Querschiff Reiseschiff Seitenschiff Segelschiff Setzschiff Traumschiff Wasserschiff Wüstenschiff Schiffbruch Schiffahrt Schifffahrt Schiffsanker Schiffsbesatzung Schiffshebewerk Schiffsheck Schiffskapitän Schiffsreise Schiffsrumpf Schiffsverkehr schippern Skipper
Descendants
cs šíf 1
Proper noun
surname
en Schiff: de occupations The occupational surname taken up by mariners and boatmen.
de Jewish Yiddish < German
Descendants
en Schiff 1
fr Schiff 1
yi שיף Schiff 1
Further reading
de
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Hunsrik
Etymology
From hrx gmh schif, from hrx goh skif.
Pronunciation
Noun
n Schiff
ship
Further reading