Schein

See also: schein, schéin, and schein-

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schīn, Old High German scīn, skīn (“shine, brightness, light, ray”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīn, from Proto-Germanic *skīną. Cognate with Old Norse skína, Old Saxon scīnan, Old English sċīn (“phantom, ghost”), Dutch schijn, English shine, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaɪ̯n/
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯n
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Schein m (strong, genitive Scheines or Scheins, plural Scheine)

  1. shine, gleam, flash
  2. semblance, appearance
  3. certificate, ticket, bill, note
    1. banknote, ellipsis of Geldschein
    2. (medicine, slang) A case which a medical professional liquidates by invoice
      • 2024 January 19, Thomas Müller, “Zu viel Perfektionismus und Empathie schaden”, in MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin, volume 166, →DOI, page 18:
        Woher kommt die Einstellung, mindestens 1.200 Scheine im Quartal haben zu müssen? Einige stellen zwei MFA ein, machen 800 Scheine und sind dann weniger gestresst - auch das ist möglich.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    3. (university slang) An individual class’s course credit (because till even the 2010s one would actually get a slip of paper)

Declension
Declension of Schein [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schein die Scheine
genitive eines des Scheines, Scheins der Scheine
dative einem dem Schein, Scheine1 den Scheinen
accusative einen den Schein die Scheine

1Now rare, see notes.

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Derived terms
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References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schein”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “Schein” in Duden online
  • “Schein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃaɪ̯n/

Noun

Schein m (plural Schein)

  1. shine

Further reading
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