scheppen

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxɛ.pə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: schep‧pen
• Rhymes: -ɛpən

From Middle Dutch scheppen, from Old Dutch *skeppen, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Compare English shape. Doublet of schaffen.

scheppen

1. (transitive) to create
   • 1637, Statenvertaling, Genesis 1,1.

     In den beginne schiep God de hemel en de aarde.

     In the beginning, God made the heaven and the earth.

• schapen

• Afrikaans: skep
• Negerhollands: skaep

From schep +‎ -en.

scheppen

1. (transitive) to scoop (up), to shovel (away)
2. (transitive) to hit and subsequently heave up (by a vehicle at high speed)

   Getuigen meldden dat de vrouw door één voertuig is geschept en door twee andere voertuigen is geraakt.

   Witnesses reported that the woman was shovelled up in the air by one car and was then hit by two other cars.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

scheppen

1. plural of schep

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scheppen

1. inflection of schepp:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

From Old Dutch *skeppen, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan.

scheppen

1. to create, to make
2. to shape, to form

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: scheppen
• Limburgish: sjape

From Old Dutch skeppen, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan.

scheppen

1. to scoop

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: scheppen

• “scheppen (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “scheppen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “scheppen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN