schaap

Dutch (Brabantic)

/sxaːp/

noun
Definitions
  • sheep a woolly ruminant animal of the genus Ovis
  • (figurative) someone with very curly hair
  • sheep unthinking follower
  • (Christianity) a member of a priest's or minister's congregation

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch schâep inherited from Old Dutch scāp inherited from Proto-Germanic *skēpą.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*skēpą

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