FromMiddle Dutchschip, fromOld Dutchskip, fromProto-West Germanic*skip.
Cognate withLow GermanSchipp,West Frisianskip, GermanSchiff, Yiddishשיף(shif), Englishship, Danishskib, Swedishskepp. Related also to Lithuanianskiẽbti(“to rip up”), Latvianto cut, lop.
schip n (pluralschepen,diminutivescheepje n)

Inherited fromOld Englishscip, fromProto-West Germanic*skip, fromProto-Germanic*skipą.
schip (pluralschipes orschippes)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| (nominative/accusative) | schip | schipes,schippes |
| genitive | schipes,schippes | schipes,schippes,schipene |
| dative | schipe1 | schipen2 |
1Optional; mostly fossilised after Early Middle English.
2Only found in Early Middle English and optional there.
Borrowed fromFrenchskip, fromEnglishskip.
schip n (uncountable)
| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | schip | schipul |
| genitive-dative | schip | schipului |
| vocative | schipule | |