English Explanatory Dictionary

Schaff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Schaff Schaffs

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.

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