scheen

Meaning

schijnen

  1. (ergative) to shine
  2. (copulative) to appear, to seem

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sxeːn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch schene, from Old Dutch *skina, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with German Schiene, English shin.

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