-ship

See also: ship and Ship

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Germanic *skapjaną

Proto-Germanic *-skapiz

Proto-West Germanic *-skapi

Old English -sċiepe

Middle English -schipe

English -ship

From Middle English -schipe, -shippe, from Old English -sċiepe, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi, from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz.

Compare Scots -schip, West Frisian -skip, Dutch -schap, German -schaft, Swedish -skap, Icelandic -skapur. Related to shape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪp/, [ˈʃʰɪp]

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪp
• Hyphenation: -ship

Suffix

-ship (noun-forming suffix, countable and uncountable, plural -ships)

1. Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.

   fellow → fellowship

   owner → ownership

Synonyms

• (property or state of being): -ness, -hood, -itude, -th, -ity, -dom

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ship

abbotship

abigailship

absenteeship

academicianship

accessaryship

accessoryship

accompliceship

accoucheurship

accountantship

acolyteship

acquaintanceship

actorship

actuaryship

adeptship

adjutantship

administratorship

administratrixship

adminship

admiralship

adultship

adventurership

advisership

advisorship

advocateship

aedileship

affiliateship

agentship

agripreneurship

aide-de-campship

airmanship

alcaldeship

aldermanship

aldership

alienship

allyship

almightyship

almonership

alnagership

alumniship

amateurship

ambassadorship

ancestorship

angelship

antrustionship

apostleship

Apostolicship

apothecaryship

apprenticeship

arahantship

arbitratorship

archangelship

archbishopship

archdeaconship

archership

archonship

arhatship

articleship

artificership

artilleryship

artisanship

assassinship

assessorship

assigneeship

assistantship

assmanship

associateship

attachéship

attorneyship

auditorship

augurship

auntship

auteurship

authorship

authourship

autocratship

babeship

babyship

bachelorship

bailiffship

bakership

bankership

bankruptship

bardship

baronetship

baronship

barristership

bashawship

bastardship

batsmanship

bawdship

beadleship

bearership

bearship

beastship

beauship

beautyship

bedelship

bedfellowship

beenship

beglerbegship

beldamship

bellmanship

belongership

benchership

benefactorship

beneficiaryship

beneship

bettership

beyship

bipartisanship

bishopship

blood relationship

boardmanship

boardsmanship

boatmanship

bodyship

boldship

bondmanship

bondsmanship

bookmanship

borrowship

boss-ship

bowmanship

boyfriendship

boyship

breedership

brehonship

bretwaldaship

brewership

brickmanship

bridegroomship

brideship

bridesmaidship

brigadiership

broadswordsmanship

brokership

broship

brothership

Buddhaship

burgess-ship

burghership

burgomastership

bursarship

bushmanship

butlership

buyership

bystandership

cadetship

cadreship

Caesarship

caliphship

campership

candidateship

canonship

cantorship

captainship

captayneship

cardinalship

careership

caretakership

carpentership

carriership

castellanship

catechumenship

caterership

catship

caudilloship

cavaliership

celebrityship

censorship

censureship

chairmanship

chairpersonship

chairship

chairwomanship

chamberlainship

championship

chancellorship

chancellourship

chaperoneship

chaplainship

chapmanship

chargeship

charioteership

charlatanship

chattelship

chauffeurship

cheerleadership

chelaship

chiefship

chieftainship

childship

chumship

churchmanship

churchship

churchwardenship

churchwomanship

ciceroneship

citizenship

clanship

Translations

suffix denoting a property or state of being

• Armenian: -ություն (-utʻyun)
• Bulgarian: -ство (-stvo)
• Czech: -ství (cs)
• Danish: -skab (da)
• Dutch: -schap (nl)
• Esperanto: -eco (eo)
• Finnish: -us (fi)
• French: -esse (fr) f, -eur (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: -skip

• Georgian: -ობა (-oba), -ება (-eba)
• German: -schaft (de)
• Hungarian: -ság (hu), -ség (hu)
• Icelandic: -skapur
• Ido: -eso
• Italian: -ezza f or f pl, -ità f or f pl, -enza f
• Khmer: ភាព (km) (phiəp)
• Macedonian: -ство (-stvo)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: -skap (no) m or n

• Persian: -ی
• Polish: -stwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: -idade (pt) f
• Romanian: -ie (ro) f, -itate (ro) f, -tate (ro) f, -ătate (ro) f
• Russian: -ство (-stvo)
• Spanish: -azgo (es) m, -dad (es) f
• Swedish: -skap (sv)
• Turkish: (depending on the last vowel:) -lık (tr), -lik (tr), -luk (tr), -lük (tr)
• Vietnamese: mối (vi)

Anagrams

• HIPs, hiPS, hips, phis, pish

Middle English

Suffix

-ship

1. alternative form of -schipe