schënnen

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See also: schennen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German schinden, schinten (to cheat; swindle; torment; peel off; skin), from Old High German skinden, skinten (to skin; flay; peel off), from Proto-Germanic *skindijaną, *skinþijaną (to skin; flay), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ken- (to split off; peel). Cognate with German schinden.

Pronunciation

Verb

schënnen (third-person singular present schënnt, past participle geschannt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to skin, to flay
  2. (transitive) to overwork, to grind, to maltreat
  3. (reflexive) to toil, to labour

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive schënnen
participle geschannt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular schënnen
2nd singular schënns schënn
3rd singular schënnt
1st plural schënnen
2nd plural schënnt schënnt
3rd plural schënnen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.