schinden

German

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 Low German schinden, schinnen (to torment; afflict; harass). Related to English skin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃɪndn̩]
  • Hyphenation: schin‧den
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Verb

schinden (strong, third-person singular simple present schindet, past tense schund, past participle geschunden, past subjunctive schünde, auxiliary haben)

  1. to mistreat

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