Schiff
German, noun
Schiff is spelled S-C-H-I-F-F (6 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written German, the 1,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schiff is a German neuter noun meaning “ship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schiff is a different word: “singular imperative of schiffen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes Wasserfahrzeug (in der Regel mit über 10 m Rumpflänge, sonst ist es ein Boot)”.
What does Schiff mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutership
- 2
neuternave
- 3
informalneutera large, unwieldy car (e.g. an SUV)
- 4
neuterobsoletevessel (for holding fluids)
- 5
datedneuterboiler (metal container for boiling water in some old stoves and ovens)
- 6
neutergalley (tray)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of schiffen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großes Wasserfahrzeug (in der Regel mit über 10 m Rumpflänge, sonst ist es ein Boot) 2. lang gestreckter Raum einer Kirche oder Kathedrale 3. eine Metallplatte mit an drei Seiten aufgebogenem Rand, die zum Sammeln des Drucksatzes benutzt wird
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 Schiff
- Schiffes genitive
- Schiffs genitive
- Schiffe plural
- Schiffchen diminutive neuter
- Schifflein diminutive neuter
- Schifferl diminutive neuter
- Schiffen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schiff
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schiff in German?
Schiff appears 47 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).