skib

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skip (“ship”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą. Cognate with English ship and German Schiff.

The meaning "nave" is influenced by German Schiff, which is a loan translation of Medieval Latin navis (“ship, nave”). It have arisen through a confusion of two Greek words: ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) and ναός (naós, “temple, nave”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskiːp/, [ˈsɡ̊iˀb̥], [ˈskḭːp], (archaic, dialect) [ˈsɡ̊iwˀ], [ˈskiʊ̰][1]

Noun

skib n (singular definite skibet, plural indefinite skibe)

  1. ship, boat, vessel
  2. nave, aisle

Inflection
Declension of skib
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skib skibet skibe skibene
genitive skibs skibets skibes skibenes

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. https://udtaleordbog.dk/search.php?s=skib&std=IPA

Further reading
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