scheef

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eːf
  • IPA(key): /sxeːf/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch scheyff, from Proto-West Germanic *skēf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaib, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz ‘crooked, askew’, from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwo-.

Compare Latin scaevus (“left, clumsy”), Ancient Greek σκαιός (skaiós, “rude; brusque”), Latvian šķìbs (“crooked”).[1] Cognate with German schief, Old English *sc(e)āf (in scāffōt (“splay-footed”)), Swedish skev.

Adjective

scheef (comparative schever, superlative scheefst)

  1. crooked, not level or straight
    Synonym: schuin
  2. (informal) weird, not right
Declension
Declension of scheef
uninflected scheef
inflected scheve
comparative schever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial scheef schever het scheefst
het scheefste
indefinite m./f. sing. scheve schevere scheefste
n. sing. scheef schever scheefste
plural scheve schevere scheefste
definite scheve schevere scheefste
partitive scheefs schevers —
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: skeef
  • → Papiamentu: scheef (dated)

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “scheef1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch scēve, from Proto-Germanic *skibō-; cognate with Low German Schääv, German Schäbe, and English shive, all ‘fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp’.[1]

Noun

scheef f (plural scheven, diminutive scheefje n)

  1. (textiles) shive, i.e. fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp
    Synonym: leem

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “schijf”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[2] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Middle English

Noun

scheef

  1. alternative form of schef

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German schêf, from Old Saxon *skêf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaib, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz (“crooked”), of disputed ultimate origin. Perhaps from the same source as *skeuhaz (“frightened, shy”).[1] Another possibility is Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos, the source of Latin scaevus (“on the left side”).[2] See also Swedish skev, Dutch scheef, German schief.

Adjective

scheef

  1. aslant, askew, oblique, sloping, slanting

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “skew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “scheef”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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