schënnen

See also: schennen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German schinden, schinten (“to cheat; swindle; torment; peel off; skin”), from Old High German skinden, skinten (“to skin; flay; peel off”), from Proto-Germanic *skindijaną, *skinþijaną (“to skin; flay”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ken- (“to split off; peel”). Cognate with German schinden.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃənən/
  • Rhymes: -ənən

Verb

schënnen (third-person singular present schënnt, past participle geschannt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to skin, to flay
  2. (transitive) to overwork, to grind, to maltreat
  3. (reflexive) to toil, to labour

Conjugation
Regular
infinitive schënnen
participle geschannt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative		 imperative
1st singular schënnen —
2nd singular schënns schënn
3rd singular schënnt —
1st plural schënnen —
2nd plural schënnt schënnt
3rd plural schënnen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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