Scheide

• De Schaej (dialect form)

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

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

Scheide n

1. A hamlet in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands

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

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯də/

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• Hyphenation: Schei‧de

Scheide f (genitive Scheide, plural Scheiden)

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

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