Schemen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeːmən/
  • Homophone: schämen (some speakers, especially northern and eastern regions)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German scheme m, f, from Old High German *skemo m, skema f, from Proto-Germanic *skīmô, *skimô, *skimō.

The word meant “mask” in Upper German, but “shadow, silhouette” in Central and Low German; compare Middle Low German schēme, from Old Saxon skimo. The modern meaning is based on the northern usage, in part after Luther.

Cognate with Middle Dutch scheme alongside the stem variant schim (“shadow”). Also related with German schimmern, English shimmer, Dutch schemering (“twilight”).

Noun

Schemen m (strong, genitive Schemens, plural Schemen)

  1. an indistinct shape or shadow; a silhouette in the dark, in mist, etc.
  2. a sight of whose reality one is uncertain; an illusion, spectre, phantom
Declension
Declension of Schemen [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schemen die Schemen
genitive eines des Schemens der Schemen
dative einem dem Schemen den Schemen
accusative einen den Schemen die Schemen
Derived terms

Noun

Schemen

  1. plural of Schema

Further reading
  • “Schemen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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