Luxembourgish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old High German skiuhen, from Proto-Germanic *skiuhwijaną. Cognate with German scheuen, Dutch schuwen, English eschew and shy.

Verb

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scheien (third-person singular present scheit, past participle gescheit, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to eschew, to shun, to shy away from
  2. (intransitive, of horses) to shy
Conjugation
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Regular
infinitive scheien
participle gescheit
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular scheien
2nd singular scheis schei
3rd singular scheit
1st plural scheien
2nd plural scheit scheit
3rd plural scheien
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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scheien

  1. masculine nominative of schei
  2. masculine accusative of schei
  3. masculine dative of schei
  4. neuter dative of schei
  5. plural dative of schei