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-schaft

-schaft

See also: schaft and Schaft

German

Suffix

-schaft ‎(plural -schaften)

  1. -ship, -hood

Declension

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:German_words_suffixed_with_-schaft'>German words suffixed with -schaft</a>

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/, [ʃaftʰ]

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