Afrikaans

Suffix

-skap

1. -ship; -hood

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Cognate with English -scape and -ship.

When Norwegian borrowed words from Dutch, Middle Low German, or Middle High German or German containing the suffixes -schap or -schaft, it used this suffix to loan-translate those as well.

Suffix

-skap

1. (nouns from nouns): -ship, -hood

Derived terms

See also

References

• “-skap” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz. Cognate with English -scape and -ship.

When Norwegian borrowed words from Dutch, Middle Low German, or Middle High German or German containing the suffixes -schap or -schaft, it used this suffix to loan-translate those as well.

Suffix

-skap m ‎(definite singular -skapen, indefinite plural -skapar, definite plural -skapane)

1. (nouns from nouns): -ship, -hood

   ven ‎(“friend”) → venskap ‎(“friendhood”)

2. (nouns from adjectives): -ness, -ity

   lik ‎(“equal”) → likskap ‎(“equality”)

   veik ‎(“weak”) → veikskap ‎(“weakness”)

3. (nouns from adjectives): -ship, -hood

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Similar to above.

Suffix

-skap m, n

1. (nouns from nouns): -hood

   bror ‎(“brother”) → brorskap ‎(“brotherhood”)

Etymology 3

Similar to above.

Suffix

-skap n ‎(definite singular -skapet, indefinite plural -skap, definite plural -skapa)

1. (nouns from nouns):

   mann ‎(“man/human”) → mannskap ‎(“crew”)

See also

References

• “-skap” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse -skapr, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.

Suffix

-skap

1. Used for creating nouns: -ship, -hood

Derived terms