Scheu

Concepts

shyness

awe

bashfulness

timidity

reserve

fear

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Synonyms

Schüchternheit

Scheuheit

Befürchtung

Furcht

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Angst

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Ehrfurcht

Muffe

Muffensausen

Respekt

Scham

Schamgefühl

Schiss

Sittsamkeit

Sorge

Vorsicht

Zurückhaltung

Bammel

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Fracksausen

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Angstgefühl

Flattermann

Achtung

Bedrohungsgefühl

Bedenken

Beklemmung

Beklommenheit

Besorgnis

Translations

timidez

timidité

çekingenlik

timidez

ürkeklik

utangaçlık

verecundia

sıkılganlık

timidità

temor

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timidezza

pudor

شهرم

farouche

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

schyychi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɔɪ̯/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: schiech

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: skjou

Cognate with Dutch: schuw

Cognate with English: shy

Cognate with Danish: sky

In summary

From Middle High German schiech (“despondent, frightening, ugly”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh (“shy, fearful”), from Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“shy, fearful”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skjou (“shy”), Dutch schuw (“shy”), English shy, Danish sky (“shy”), and doublet of schiech.