Schaff

== English == === Etymology === As a German surname, variant of Schaaf. As a Jewish surname, from German Schaf (“sheep”) or its Yiddish equivalent שאָף (shof). Also as a German surname, from the noun Schaff (“tub, wooden barrel”), compare Scheffel. === Proper noun === Schaff (plural Schaffs) A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Schaff is the 11035th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2881 individuals. Schaff is most common among White (95.35%) individuals. === Anagrams === chaffs == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schaf, from Old High German scaf, from Proto-West Germanic *skap (“shape”), from Proto-Germanic *skapą. Doublet of Schapp. Cognate with Dutch schap and Swedish skåp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃaf/ === Noun === Schaff n (strong, genitive Schaffes or Schaffs, plural Schaffe, diminutive Schaffel n or Schafferl n) (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) wooden container, tub, barrel (South Western German, West Central German) cupboard, cabinet ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schapp Scheffel ==== Descendants ==== → Macedonian: шкаф (škaf) → Polish: szafa → Serbo-Croatian: škȁf === Further reading === “Schaff”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schaff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schaff” in Duden online “Schaff” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.