scheuen

(Engels)

  1. (transitive, weak) to shrink from; to shun
  2. (reflexive, weak) to be afraid of, to shrink from, to shy away from

Frequentie

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Dialecten

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schyyche

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈʃɔɪ̯ən/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle High German schiuhen, from Old High German sciuhen, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhan, from the Proto-Germanic adjective *skiuhaz (“shy”). By surface analysis, scheu + -en. Doublet of scheuchen. Compare Dutch schuwen.

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