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Middle High German -schaft, from Old High German -skaft, -skaf, from Proto-West Germanic *-skapi.
Cognate with Dutch -schap, Swedish -skap, English -ship, Danish -skab, West Frisian -skip.
-schaft f (genitive -schaft, plural -schaften)
- -ship, -hood
- Eltern (“parents”) + -schaft → Elternschaft (“parenthood”)
- Graf (“count”) + -schaft → Grafschaft (“county”)
Declension of -schaft [feminine]