Scheide

See also: scheide

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • De Schaej (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as op de Scheij in 1514. Derived from scheide (“watershed, boundary, hill ridge”), itself from the verb scheiden (“to split, separate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɛi̯.də/
  • Hyphenation: Schei‧de
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯də

Proper noun

Scheide n

  1. a hamlet in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German scheide, from Old High German sceida, from Proto-West Germanic *skaiþiju.

Compare Low German scheed, Dutch schede, English sheath, Danish skede, Norwegian Bokmål skjede, Icelandic skeið.

The anatomical sense (16th c.) is a calque of Latin vagīna. The sense “partition” is attested since Old High German, but as it is not found in other Germanic languages, it is sometimes considered a later deverbal derivation from the related verb scheiden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯də/ (Germany)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯dɛ/, [ʃaɛ̯-], [-d̥ɛ] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland)
  • Hyphenation: Schei‧de

Noun

Scheide f (genitive Scheide, plural Scheiden)

  1. sheath, scabbard
  2. (anatomy) vagina
  3. (now chiefly in compounds) partition, border, limit

Declension

Declension of Scheide [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Scheide die Scheiden
genitive einer der Scheide der Scheiden
dative einer der Scheide den Scheiden
accusative eine die Scheide die Scheiden

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Scheide”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “Scheide” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Scheide” in Duden online
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