scheen
Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch schene, from Old Dutch *skina, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with German Schiene, English shin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scheen f (plural schenen, diminutive scheentje n)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: skeen
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
scheen
Anagrams edit
Hunsrik edit
Alternative forms edit
- xeen (Wiesemann spelling system)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
scheen (comparative scheener, superlative scheenest)
- beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome
- Sie is en scheene Fraa.
- She is a beautiful woman.
- Wie scheen is dein Gaarte!
- How beautiful is your garden!
- good, great, splendid
- Das waar awer mol scheen.
- That was great.
- nice, pleasant
- Heit hom-mer en scheenes Wetter.
- Today we have nice weather.
Declension edit
Declension of scheen (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | scheen | scheen | scheen | scheene |
accusative | scheene | scheen | scheen | scheene | |
dative | scheene | scheene | scheene | scheene | |
Strong inflection | nominative | scheener | scheene | scheenes | scheene |
accusative | scheene | scheene | scheenes | scheene | |
dative | scheenem | scheener | scheenem | scheene |
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
scheen
- well, beautifully
- Sie singd scheen.
- She sings beautifully.
- really
- nicely
- Das waar scheen gebaud.
- That was nicely built.
Further reading edit
Plautdietsch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German schö̂ne.
Adjective edit
scheen