-schaft

See also: schaft and Schaft

German

Etymology

From Old High German -skaft, -skaf, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Cognate with Dutch -schap, Swedish -skap, English -ship, Danish -skab, West Frisian -skip.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaft/, [ʃäft]

Suffix

-schaft (plural -schaften)

  1. -ship, -hood

Declension
Declension of -schaft
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die -schaft die -schaften
genitive einer der -schaft der -schaften
dative einer der -schaft den -schaften
accusative eine die -schaft die -schaften

Derived terms
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