schicken
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German schicken (“to outfit oneself, fit in, arrange appropriately”), from Old High German *skihhen, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną (“to order, send”). This represents the causative of Middle High German geschehen, geschēn (“to happen, rush”).
Akin to Middle English skekken (“to send forth”), Old English sċēon (“to happen”), Dutch schie- in schielijk (“hasty”). Related to English chic.
Verb
schicken (weak, third-person singular present schickt, past tense schickte, past participle geschickt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, ditransitive) to send, to dispatch (a person, letter, money etc. to a destination or a person)
- (reflexive) to hurry (rare)
- (reflexive) to be decent, to be appropriate
- Synonym: sich benehmen
Conjugation
infinitive | schicken | ||||
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present participle | schickend | ||||
past participle | geschickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schicke | wir schicken | i | ich schicke | wir schicken |
du schickst | ihr schickt | du schickest | ihr schicket | ||
er schickt | sie schicken | er schicke | sie schicken | ||
preterite | ich schickte | wir schickten | ii | ich schickte1 | wir schickten1 |
du schicktest | ihr schicktet | du schicktest1 | ihr schicktet1 | ||
er schickte | sie schickten | er schickte1 | sie schickten1 | ||
imperative | schick (du) schicke (du) |
schickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abschicken
- anschicken
- hinschicken
- nachschicken
- verschicken
- vorschicken
- zurückschicken
Verb
schicken (weak, third-person singular present schickt, past tense schickte, past participle geschickt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
infinitive | schicken | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | schickend | ||||
past participle | geschickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schicke | wir schicken | i | ich schicke | wir schicken |
du schickst | ihr schickt | du schickest | ihr schicket | ||
er schickt | sie schicken | er schicke | sie schicken | ||
preterite | ich schickte | wir schickten | ii | ich schickte1 | wir schickten1 |
du schicktest | ihr schicktet | du schicktest1 | ihr schicktet1 | ||
er schickte | sie schickten | er schickte1 | sie schickten1 | ||
imperative | schick (du) schicke (du) |
schickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
- “schicken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schicken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schicken (Kautabak kauen)” in Duden online
- “schicken (senden, holen, ertragen)” in Duden online
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *skikken, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijaną (“to make move”). See German schicken (“to send”) above.[1]
Verb
schicken
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: schikken
- Limburgish: sjikke
References
Further reading
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “schicken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN