schudden

Meaning

  1. (ergative) to shake, to tremble, to waver
  2. (transitive) to shuffle (cards)
  3. (intransitive) to nod as in to express disagreement

Opposite of
knikken
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsxʏdə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch schudden, from Old Dutch scudden, from Proto-West Germanic *skuddjan, from Proto-Germanic *skudjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti. Cognate with German schütten (“to pour”) and the iterative schütteln (“to shake”).

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