From Middle Dutch scharren, from Old Dutch *skerran, from Proto-Germanic *skerraną, *skersaną.
scharren
| Conjugation of scharren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | scharren | |||
| past singular | scharde | |||
| past participle | geschard | |||
| infinitive | scharren | |||
| gerund | scharren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | schar | scharde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | schart, schar2 | scharde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | schart | scharde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | schart | scharde | ||
| 3rd person singular | schart | scharde | ||
| plural | scharren | scharden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | scharre | scharde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | scharren | scharden | ||
| imperative sing. | schar | |||
| imperative plur.1 | schart | |||
| participles | scharrend | geschard | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Middle High German scharren, intensive of scherren, from Old High German scerran (“to scrape off”), from or related to Proto-West Germanic *skeran (“to cut”).
scharren (weak, third-person singular present scharrt, past tense scharrte, past participle gescharrt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | scharren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | scharrend | ||||
| past participle | gescharrt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich scharre | wir scharren | i | ich scharre | wir scharren |
| du scharrst | ihr scharrt | du scharrest | ihr scharret | ||
| er scharrt | sie scharren | er scharre | sie scharren | ||
| preterite | ich scharrte | wir scharrten | ii | ich scharrte1 | wir scharrten1 |
| du scharrtest | ihr scharrtet | du scharrtest1 | ihr scharrtet1 | ||
| er scharrte | sie scharrten | er scharrte1 | sie scharrten1 | ||
| imperative | scharr (du) scharre (du) |
scharrt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.