"Schiff" meaning in English

See Schiff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Schiffs [plural]
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  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Schiff-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames, Pages with 4 entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 11 19 4 5 17 17 5 1 6 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55
  2. A surname from German.
    A Jewish surname from Yiddish [in turn from German]
    Sense id: en-Schiff-en-name-v~ZeDIG3 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 29 46 11 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 11 19 4 5 17 17 5 1 6 6 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 14 3 4 20 20 4 1 10 9 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 12 27 5 5 13 13 5 1 4 5 4 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Schiff base, Schiff reagent, Schiff test Translations (Translations): Schiff (French), Schiff (German), שיף (Schiff) (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 47 53

Inflected forms

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