Noun: schip
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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Het grote schip vaart over de oceaan naar verre landen. (The large ship sails across the ocean to distant lands.)
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De haven was vol met kleurrijke schepen van over de hele wereld. (The harbor was filled with colorful ships from all around the world.)
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De imposante kathedraal had een prachtig versierd schip met hoge gewelven. (The impressive cathedral had a beautifully decorated nave with high vaults.)
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De middeleeuwse kerk had een eenvoudig, maar indrukwekkend schip in gotische stijl. (The medieval church had a simple yet impressive nave in Gothic style.)
Nouns inflected like schip
cruiseschip,
roversschip,
rivierschip,
kruitschip,
prijsschip,
spookschip,
motorschip,
kaperschip,
vuurschip,
slagschip,
vissersschip,
luchtschip,
vliegtuigmoederschip,
fluitschip,
beurtschip,
hospitaalschip,
oorlogsschip,
koopvaardijschip,
zeilschip,
ramschip, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle Dutch schip, from Old Dutch skip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip.
2. Cognates
3. Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian to cut, lop.
Verbs referencing "schip"
English Nouns
ship, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
skip, German Nouns
Schiff.
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