Feminine

Scheide

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (feminine) sheath, scabbard
  2. (feminine) vagina
  3. (feminine, in-compounds) partition, border, limit

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃaɪ̯də/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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