Schof
Bavarian[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Schof n (plural Schof)
- Alternative spelling of Schåf
Central Franconian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą. Cognate with German Schaf, Limburgish sjaop, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep, English sheep.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Schöfje or Schöfche or Schäfche)
German[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Low German Schoof, from Middle Low German schôf, from Old Saxon skōf, from Proto-Germanic *skaubaz. Doublet of Schaub.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Schof m (strong, genitive Schofes or Schofs, plural Schofe)
- (hunting, ornithology) a group of ducklings or goslings led by one or two parent birds
- Synonyms: (informal) Entenfamilie, Gänsefamilie
- (Northern Germany, in Missingsch or thatchers’ jargon) Alternative form of Schaub (“sheaf of straw or reed”)
Declension[edit]
Hunsrik[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- xoof (Wiesemann spelling system)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Schefche)
Further reading[edit]
Luxembourgish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą. Compare German Schaf, English sheep, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Scheefchen)
Pennsylvania German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą. Compare German Schaf, English sheep, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep.
Noun[edit]
Schof n (plural Schof)
- Bavarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bavarian lemmas
- Bavarian nouns
- Bavarian neuter nouns
- bar:Animals
- bar:Mammals
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- German terms borrowed from Low German
- German terms derived from Low German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German doublets
- German 1-syllable words
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- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Hunting
- de:Ornithology
- Northern German
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik neuter nouns
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/oːf
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/oːf/1 syllable
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish neuter nouns
- lb:Mammals
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German neuter nouns