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]Verb
[edit]scheuen (weak, third-person singular present scheut, past tense scheute, past participle gescheut, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to shrink from; to shun
- (reflexive) to be afraid of, to shrink from, to shy away from [with vor (+ dative) ‘something’]
- Synonym: fürchten
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | scheuen | ||||
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present participle | scheuend | ||||
past participle | gescheut | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich scheue | wir scheuen | i | ich scheue | wir scheuen |
du scheust | ihr scheut | du scheuest | ihr scheuet | ||
er scheut | sie scheuen | er scheue | sie scheuen | ||
preterite | ich scheute | wir scheuten | ii | ich scheute1 | wir scheuten1 |
du scheutest | ihr scheutet | du scheutest1 | ihr scheutet1 | ||
er scheute | sie scheuten | er scheute1 | sie scheuten1 | ||
imperative | scheu (du) scheue (du) |
scheut (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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