scheu
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]scheu (comparative scheuer, superlative scheust)
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schiech, schiehe, schie, schiuch, schiuhe, schūche, from Old High German *skioh, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuh.
The modern form goes back to the Central German forms with -iu-, -ū-. These are usually interpreted as alterations based on Scheu (noun) and scheuen (verb), though this does not seem unquestionable in view of Middle Dutch schu, Middle Low German schǖ. The form with -ie- remains in dialectal Upper German schiech (“ugly”). Cognate with Dutch schuw, English shy.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]scheu (strong nominative masculine singular scheuer, comparative scheuer, superlative am scheuesten or am scheusten)
- shy (reserved)
- Synonyms: zurückhaltend, schüchtern
- shy, skittish, startlish (easily frightened)
- Synonym: schreckhaft
- scheu wie ein Reh
Usage notes
[edit]- Compare schüchtern for notes on the distinction between these semantically similar words.
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist scheu | sie ist scheu | es ist scheu | sie sind scheu | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | scheuer | scheue | scheues | scheue |
genitive | scheuen | scheuer | scheuen | scheuer | |
dative | scheuem | scheuer | scheuem | scheuen | |
accusative | scheuen | scheue | scheues | scheue | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der scheue | die scheue | das scheue | die scheuen |
genitive | des scheuen | der scheuen | des scheuen | der scheuen | |
dative | dem scheuen | der scheuen | dem scheuen | den scheuen | |
accusative | den scheuen | die scheue | das scheue | die scheuen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein scheuer | eine scheue | ein scheues | (keine) scheuen |
genitive | eines scheuen | einer scheuen | eines scheuen | (keiner) scheuen | |
dative | einem scheuen | einer scheuen | einem scheuen | (keinen) scheuen | |
accusative | einen scheuen | eine scheue | ein scheues | (keine) scheuen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist scheuer | sie ist scheuer | es ist scheuer | sie sind scheuer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | scheuerer | scheuere | scheueres | scheuere |
genitive | scheueren | scheuerer | scheueren | scheuerer | |
dative | scheuerem | scheuerer | scheuerem | scheueren | |
accusative | scheueren | scheuere | scheueres | scheuere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der scheuere | die scheuere | das scheuere | die scheueren |
genitive | des scheueren | der scheueren | des scheueren | der scheueren | |
dative | dem scheueren | der scheueren | dem scheueren | den scheueren | |
accusative | den scheueren | die scheuere | das scheuere | die scheueren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein scheuerer | eine scheuere | ein scheueres | (keine) scheueren |
genitive | eines scheueren | einer scheueren | eines scheueren | (keiner) scheueren | |
dative | einem scheueren | einer scheueren | einem scheueren | (keinen) scheueren | |
accusative | einen scheueren | eine scheuere | ein scheueres | (keine) scheueren |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English hēo.
Pronoun
[edit]scheu
- Alternative form of sche
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old French escu.
Noun
[edit]scheu
- Alternative form of skew (“gable stone”)
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/øː
- Rhymes:Dutch/øː/1 syllable
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ɔɪ̯
- Rhymes:German/ɔɪ̯/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- Middle English terms inherited from Old English
- Middle English terms derived from Old English
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English pronouns
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English nouns