Schof

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Schouf (Northern Bavarian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔːf/

Noun

Schof n (plural Schof)

1. Alternative spelling of Schåf

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German scāf, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą. Cognate with German Schaf, Limburgish sjaop, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep, English sheep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔːf/

Noun

Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Schöfje or Schöfche or Schäfche)

1. sheep

Derived terms

• Schöfer

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German schâf, from Old High German scāf. Compare German Schaf.

Noun

Schof n

1. (Erzgebirgisch) sheep

References

• 2004 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Ich putz mein Christbaam aa, P. 11

German

Alternative forms

• Schoof

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German Schoof, from Middle Low German schôf, from Old Saxon skōf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaub. Doublet of Schaub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃoːf/

Noun

Schof m (strong, genitive Schofes or Schofs, plural Schofe)

1. (hunting, ornithology) a group of ducklings or goslings led by one or two parent birds

   Synonyms: (informal) Entenfamilie, Gänsefamilie

2. (Northern Germany, in Missingsch or thatchers’ jargon) Alternative form of Schaub (“sheaf of straw or reed”)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schof	die	Schofe
genitive	eines	des	Schofes, Schofs	der	Schofe
dative	einem	dem	Schof, Schofe1	den	Schofen
accusative	einen	den	Schof	die	Schofe

Declension of Schof [masculine, strong]

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hunsrik

Alternative forms

• xoof (Wiesemann spelling system)

Etymology

From Middle High German schāf, from Old High German scāf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃoːf/

Noun

Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Schefche)

1. sheep

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schof”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 145

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German schāf, from Old High German scāf. Compare German Schaf, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep, English sheep.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃoːf]
• Rhymes: -oːf

Noun

Schof n (plural Schof, diminutive Scheefchen)

1. sheep

Derived terms

• Schéifer

Further reading

• Schof in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German schāf, from Old High German scāf. Compare German Schaf, English sheep, Dutch schaap, West Frisian skiep.

Noun

Schof n (plural Schof)

1. sheep