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.

Related terms

• Schënner