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]

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

• hangarskib
• luftskib
• slagskib
• skibsforlis

See also

• båd c

Further reading

• skib on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da