Schatten
See also: schatten
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German schate, schatwe, schatewe, schetewe, from Old High German scato, from Proto-West Germanic *skadu; akin to Old Saxon skado, Dutch schaduw, English shadow and shade. More at shadow.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schatten m (strong, genitive Schattens, plural Schatten)
- shade, shadow
- Der Schatten wandert
- The shadow moves (during the day)
- 2002, “Schatten werfen keine Schatten”, in Tocotronic, performed by Tocotronic:
- Denn wir wissen ganz bestimmt / Dass wir beide Schatten sind
- For we know with certainty / That we are both shadows
Declension edit
Declension of Schatten [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
- beschatten (“to shadow”)
- Erdschatten m (“shadow of the earth”)
- Schattenbereich
- Schattendasein n (“shadowy existence”)
- Schattenreich
- Schattenseite
- Schattenspiel n (“shadow play”)
- Schattenwurf
- schattig (“shady; shadowy”)
- Schlagschatten
- überschatten (“to overshadow”)
- Windschatten m (“slipstream”)
Further reading edit
- “Schatten” in Duden online
- “Schatten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schatten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schatten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.