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Dutch
Alternative forms
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
Proper noun
Scheide n
- 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/
- Hyphenation: Schei‧de
Noun
Scheide f (genitive Scheide, plural Scheiden)
- sheath, scabbard
- (anatomy) vagina
- (now chiefly in compounds) partition, border, limit
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Scheide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Scheide” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Scheide” in Duden online