"-schaft" meaning in German

See -schaft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ʃaft/, [ʃäft] Audio: LL-Q188 (deu)-Frank C. Müller--schaft.wav
Etymology: Middle High German -schaft, from Old High German -skaft, -skaf, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi. Cognate with Dutch -schap, Swedish -skap, English -ship, Danish -skab, West Frisian -skip. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|-schaft}} Middle High German -schaft, {{inh|de|goh|-skaft}} Old High German -skaft, {{m|goh|-skaf}} -skaf, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*-skapi}} Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, {{cog|nl|-schap}} Dutch -schap, {{cog|sv|-skap}} Swedish -skap, {{cog|en|-ship}} English -ship, {{cog|da|-skab}} Danish -skab, {{cog|fy|-skip}} West Frisian -skip Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} -schaft f (genitive -schaft, plural -schaften) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: -schaft [genitive], -schaften [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], -schaft [nominative, singular], -schaften [definite, nominative, plural], -schaft [genitive, singular], -schaften [definite, genitive, plural], -schaft [dative, singular], -schaften [dative, definite, plural], -schaft [accusative, singular], -schaften [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. -ship, -hood Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--schaft-de-suffix-b1cYf5sc

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for -schaft meaning in German (3.1kB)

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          "type": "example"
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        "German terms derived from Old High German",
        "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
        "German terms inherited from Old High German",
        "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
        "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "German terms with audio links"
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