scheuen

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German schiuhen, from Old High German sciuhen, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhan, from the Proto-Germanic adjective *skiuhaz (shy). Doublet of scheuchen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɔɪ̯ən/
  • Hyphenation: scheu‧en
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Verb[edit]

scheuen (weak, third-person singular present scheut, past tense scheute, past participle gescheut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to shrink from; to shun
  2. (reflexive, with vor + dative) to be afraid of, to shrink from, to shy away from
    Synonym: fürchten

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Further reading[edit]

  • scheuen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • scheuen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • scheuen” in Duden online
  • scheuen” in OpenThesaurus.de