scheen
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schene, from Old Dutch *skina, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with German Schiene, English shin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sxeːn/
Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Netherlands): (file) - Hyphenation: scheen
- Rhymes: -eːn
Noun
scheen f (plural schenen, diminutive scheentje n)
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
scheen
- singular past indicative of schijnen
Anagrams
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- xeen (Wiesemann spelling system)
Etymology
From Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃeːn/
- Rhymes: -eːn
- Syllabification: scheen
Adjective
scheen (comparative scheener, superlative scheenest)
- beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome
- Sie is en scheene Fraa.
- She is a beautiful woman.
- Wie scheen is dein Gaarte!
- How beautiful is your garden!
- good, great, splendid
- Das waar awer mol scheen.
- That was great.
- nice, pleasant
- Heit hom-mer en scheenes Wetter.
- Today we have nice weather.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| weak inflection | nominative | scheen | scheen | scheen | scheene |
| accusative | scheene | scheen | scheen | scheene | |
| dative | scheene | scheene | scheene | scheene | |
| strong inflection | nominative | scheener | scheene | scheenes | scheene |
| accusative | scheene | scheene | scheenes | scheene | |
| dative | scheenem | scheener | scheenem | scheene | |
Antonyms
- eklich
- hesslich
Derived terms
- Scheenheet
- Scheenheit
- scheenmache
Adverb
scheen
- well, beautifully
- Sie singd scheen.
- She sings beautifully.
- really
- nicely
- Das waar scheen gebaud.
- That was nicely built.
Further reading
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “scheen”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch
Middle English
Adjective
scheen
- (North Riding) alternative form of schene
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German schö̂ne.
Adjective
scheen
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