Scheit
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schīt, Old High German scīt (“log of wood”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“piece of wood”). Cognate with West Frisian skīd, Old Norse skíð (“plank; billet; ski”), Old English sċīd, English shide, Ancient Greek σχίζα (skhíza, “splinter”), Latvian skaida (“chip”), Lithuanian skëdrà.[1] Doublet of Ski.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Scheit (originally) n or (now also) m (strong, genitive Scheits or Scheites, plural Scheite or (alternatively in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) Scheiter)
Usage notes
[edit]- Most often used in the pleonastic compound Holzscheit.
- Originally neuter, but the masculine is now a widely attestable variant.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Scheit [neuter // masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das, der | Scheit | die | Scheite, Scheiter2 |
genitive | eines | des | Scheits, Scheites | der | Scheite, Scheiter2 |
dative | einem | dem | Scheit, Scheite1 | den | Scheiten, Scheitern2 |
accusative | ein, einen | das, den | Scheit | die | Scheite, Scheiter2 |
1Now rare, see notes.
2Alternatively in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Scheit”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
[edit]- “Scheit” in Duden online
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