schiten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *skītan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskiːtən/, /ˈsxiːtən/

Verb

schiten

  1. to shit, to defecate

Inflection

Conjugation of schiten (strong class 1)
infinitive base form schiten
genitive schitens
dative schitene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular schite schêet schite schēte
2nd person singular schijts, schites schēets, schētes schijts, schites schētes
3rd person singular schijt, schitet schêet schite schēte
1st person plural schiten schēten schiten schēten
2nd person plural schijt, schitet schēet, schētet schijt, schitet schētet
3rd person plural schiten schēten schiten schēten
imperative
singular schijt, schite
plural schijt, schitet
present past
participle schitende geschēten

Descendants

  • Dutch: schijten
  • Limburgish: sjiete

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt; equivalent to schite (diarrhoea) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːtən/

Verb

schiten (third-person singular simple present schiteth, present participle schitynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative schoot, past participle schiten)

  1. (vulgar) To shit (defecate)
  2. (vulgar) To stink, smell, stench

Conjugation

Conjugation of schiten (strong class 1)
infinitive (to) schiten, schite
present tense past tense
1st-person singular schite schoot
2nd-person singular schitest schite, schote, schoot
3rd-person singular schiteth schoot
subjunctive singular schite schite1, schote1
imperative singular
plural2 schiten, schite schiten, schite, schoten, schote
imperative plural schiteth, schite
participles schitynge, schitende schiten, schite, yschiten, yschite

1 Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

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