Schaff
German, noun
Schaff is spelled S-C-H-A-F-F (6 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schaff is a German neuter noun meaning “wooden container, tub, barrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schaff is a different word: “singular imperative of schaffen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “größeres, oben offenes Holzgefäß”.
What does Schaff mean in English?
noun
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandneuterwooden container, tub, barrel
- 2
neutercupboard, cabinet
verb
- 1
singular imperative of schaffen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of schaffen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. größeres, oben offenes Holzgefäß 2. eine Art Schrank oder Regal
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schaff
- Schaffes genitive
- Schaffs genitive
- Schaffe plural
- Schaffel diminutive neuter
- Schafferl diminutive neuter
- Schaffen dative definite plural
- Schäffchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schaff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schaff in German?
Schaff appears 4.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).