schienen

See also: Schienen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːnən/

Etymology 1

From Schiene (splint) +‎ -en. Compare Luxembourgish schinnen.

Verb

schienen (weak, third-person singular present schient, past tense schiente, past participle geschient, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to splint
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

schienen

  1. inflection of scheinen:
    1. first/third-person plural preterite
    2. first/third-person plural subjunctive II

Further reading

  • schienen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schienen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schienen” in Duden online

Anagrams

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German schînen, from Old Saxon skīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan.

Cognate with German scheinen, Dutch schijnen, English shine.

Verb

schienen (third-person singular simple present schinnt, past tense scheen, past participle schenen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to shine; to gleam
  2. to seem; to appear; to look

Conjugation

Conjugation of schienen (class 1 strong verb)
infinitive schienen
present preterite
1st person singular schien scheen
2nd person singular schinns(t) scheens(t)
3rd person singular schinn(t) scheen
plural schient, schienen schenen
imperative
singular schien
plural schient
present past
participle schienen (e)schenen, geschenen

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Derived terms

  • wohrschienlich