-scape

suffix

form, formation, shape

OriginMiddle Dutch -schap ← Old Dutch -skap ← Proto-Germanic *-skapiz →
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Meanings

suffix-scape (noun-forming suffix, plural -scapes)

plural -scapes

  1. form, formation, shape
  2. scene, picture, view
  3. A specific type of space

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*-skapiz“-ship”
  2. Old Dutch-skap“-ship”
  3. Middle Dutch-schap“the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership”
  4. English-scape

Back-formation from landscape, the suffix representing Middle Dutch -schap (“the English suffix -ship, e.g. of friendship, kinship, ownership”), from Old Dutch -skap (“-ship”), from Proto-Germanic *-skapiz (“-ship”), from *skapaz (“shape, form”). Cognate with Modern Dutch -schap (“-ship”), German -schaft (“-ship”), Swedish -skap (“-ship”), -scipe (“-ship”). More at -ship, shape.

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APA

-scape. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-scape

MLA

“-scape.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-scape. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-scape,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-scape.

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