schuif

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch schuuf, from schuven (to shove).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sxœy̯f/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: schuif
  • Rhymes: -œy̯f

Noun[edit]

schuif m (plural schuiven, diminutive schuifje n)

  1. drawer
  2. bolt, to lock a door etc.
  3. slide, moving or moveable
  4. shove
  5. Something shoven; a portion of sorts
  6. (slang) mouth

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Descendants[edit]

  • Negerhollands: skiffie
  • Papiamentu: skèif, skeif

Verb[edit]

schuif

  1. inflection of schuiven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative