schicken
German edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɪkən/, [ˈʃɪkŋ̩]
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- Homophone: Chicken (according to one pronunciation of this word)
- Hyphenation 1996: schi‧cken, pre-1996: schik‧ken
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German schicken (“to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately”), from Old High German *skihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną (“to order, send”). This represents the causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn (“to happen, rush”).
Akin to Middle English skekken (“to send forth”), Old English sċēon (“to happen”), Dutch schie- in schielijk (“hasty”). Related to English chic.
Verb edit
schicken (weak, third-person singular present schickt, past tense schickte, past participle geschickt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, ditransitive) to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person)
- (reflexive) to hurry (rare)
- (reflexive) to be decent, to be appropriate
- Synonym: sich benehmen
Conjugation edit
infinitive | schicken | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | schickend | ||||
past participle | geschickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schicke | wir schicken | i | ich schicke | wir schicken |
du schickst | ihr schickt | du schickest | ihr schicket | ||
er schickt | sie schicken | er schicke | sie schicken | ||
preterite | ich schickte | wir schickten | ii | ich schickte1 | wir schickten1 |
du schicktest | ihr schicktet | du schicktest1 | ihr schicktet1 | ||
er schickte | sie schickten | er schickte1 | sie schickten1 | ||
imperative | schick (du) schicke (du) |
schickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
schicken (weak, third-person singular present schickt, past tense schickte, past participle geschickt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | schicken | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | schickend | ||||
past participle | geschickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schicke | wir schicken | i | ich schicke | wir schicken |
du schickst | ihr schickt | du schickest | ihr schicket | ||
er schickt | sie schicken | er schicke | sie schicken | ||
preterite | ich schickte | wir schickten | ii | ich schickte1 | wir schickten1 |
du schicktest | ihr schicktet | du schicktest1 | ihr schicktet1 | ||
er schickte | sie schickten | er schickte1 | sie schickten1 | ||
imperative | schick (du) schicke (du) |
schickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading edit
- “schicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schicken (Kautabak kauen)” in Duden online
- “schicken (senden, holen, ertragen)” in Duden online
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *skikken, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną (“to make move”). See German schicken (“to send”) above.[1]
Verb edit
schicken
- to arrange, to carry out, to get done
- to create, to bring to life
- to direct
- to determine, to assign
- (late) to send, to delegate
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schicken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN