schip

See also: SCHIP

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch schip, scip, schep, from Old Dutch *skip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip.

cognates

Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף‎ (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian to cut, lop.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sxɪp/
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Hyphenation: schip
Rhymes: -ɪp

Noun

schip n (plural schepen, diminutive scheepje n)

ship (a large, water borne vessel).
(architecture) nave (the middle or body of a standard medieval church or cathedral, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances).

Synonyms

(part of church): middenschip

Compounds

- vessel types

binnenvaartschip
handelsschip
kaperschip
kofschip
koopvaardijschip
marineschip
motorschip
narrenschip
oorlogsschip
opleidingsschip
piratenschip
raderschip
rivierschip
ruimteschip
schipper
slagschip
slavenschip
spookschip
stoomschip
turfschip
vissersschip
vlaggenschip
vliegdekschip
vliegkampschip
voorraadschip
vrachtschip
zeeschip
zeilschip

- other

mischeeps
scheepsagent
scheepsanker
scheepsbel
scheepsbemanning
scheepsbevrachter
scheepsblok
scheepsboot
scheepsbouw
scheepsbouwer
scheepshuid
scheepsjongen
scheepsjournaal
scheepskameel
scheepskanon
scheepskat
scheepskok
scheepskompas
scheepslading
scheepslog
scheepsmast
scheepsromp
scheepsruim
scheepsschroef
scheepsvolk
scheepsvracht
scheepswrak
scheepvaart
schipbreuk

Descendants

Afrikaans: skip
- → Northern Ndebele: isikepe
- → Shona: chikepe
- → Sotho: sekepe
- → Tsonga: xikepe
- → Xhosa: isikhephe
- → Zulu: isikebhe
Negerhollands: skip, skep
→? Sranan Tongo: sipi
- → Caribbean Javanese: sipi

Middle English

schip

Alternative forms

chip, chippe, schepe, schipp, schippe, schup, schyp, schyppe, shepe, ship, shippe, shup, shuppe, shyp, shype, shyppe, sship, ssip
(Northern) scip, scippe, scyp, scyppe

Etymology

Inherited from Old English scip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip, from Proto-Germanic *skipą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃip/

Noun

schip (plural schipes or schippes)

A ship (large waterborne vessel)
(generally) A waterborne vessel; a boat.
(figuratively) A person or organisation providing "passage" through a situation.
A ship (vessel for storing incense)

Declension

Declension of schip

	Singular	Plural
nominative, accusative	schip	schipes, schippes
genitive	schipes, schippes	schipe, schipes, schippes
dative	schipe	schipen, schipes, schippes

Related terms

schip bord
schipman
schippen

Descendants

English: ship
Scots: ship
Yola: zhip

References

“ship, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French skip, from English skip.

Noun

schip n (uncountable)

skip car

Declension

declension of schip (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) schip	schipul
genitive/dative	(unui) schip	schipului
vocative	schipule