schaap
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See also: Schaap
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch schâep, from Old Dutch scāp, from Proto-West Germanic *skāp, from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /sxaːp/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: schaap
- Rhymes: -aːp
Noun
[edit]schaap n (plural schapen, diminutive schaapje n)
- sheep (a woolly ruminant animal of the genus Ovis)
- Slaap, kindje, slaap, / daar buiten loopt een schaap. (nursery rhyme)
- Sleep, baby, sleep, / a sheep walks outside.
- Schaapje, schaapje, heb je witte wol? (nursery rhyme)
- Little sheep, little sheep, do you have white wool?
- (figurative, derogatory or endearing) someone with very curly hair
- sheep (unthinking follower)
- (Christianity) a member of a priest's or minister's congregation
Derived terms
[edit]- als er één schaap over de dam is, volgen er meer
- huisschaap
- schaapskooi
- schaapsvlies
- schapenstal
- schapenteek
- schapenvlies
- zijn schaapjes op het droge hebben
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: skaap
- Berbice Creole Dutch: skapu
- Jersey Dutch: sxâp
- Negerhollands: skaap, skap
- → Lokono: sjikapoe, shikápo
- → Sranan Tongo: skapu
- → Warao: sikabo
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