schielen

From Middle High German schilhen, from Old High German scilihen, from Proto-Germanic *skilhijaną, *skilhwijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Related to Dutch scheel (“squinty; squint-eyed”), Old English sceolh (“slanted; oblique; wry”). More at skelly (“to squint”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːlən/

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• Hyphenation: schie‧len

schielen (weak, third-person singular present schielt, past tense schielte, past participle geschielt, auxiliary haben)

1. (medicine, ophthalmology) to squint
2. to leer
   • 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:

     Dazu zirpten unzählige Zikaden, […], langzüngige Chamäleone schielten nach schwirrenden Fliegen, […]

     In addition countless cicadas chirped, , long-tongued chameleons leered at whizzing flies,

• “schielen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schielen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schielen” in Duden online
• “schielen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Middle High German scheln, from Old High German skellen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiələn/
  • Rhymes: -iələn

schielen (third-person singular present schielt, past participle geschielt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to peel

• Schiel
• Schuel