schielen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German schilhen, from Old High German scilihen, from Proto-Germanic *skilhijaną, *skilhwijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Related to Dutch scheel (“squinty; squint-eyed”), Old English sceolh (“slanted; oblique; wry”). More at skelly (“to squint”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːlən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schie‧len
Verb
schielen (weak, third-person singular present schielt, past tense schielte, past participle geschielt, auxiliary haben)
- (medicine, ophthalmology) to squint
- to leer
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:
- Dazu zirpten unzählige Zikaden, […], langzüngige Chamäleone schielten nach schwirrenden Fliegen, […]
- In addition countless cicadas chirped, […], long-tongued chameleons leered at whizzing flies, […]
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:
Conjugation
infinitive | schielen | ||||
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present participle | schielend | ||||
past participle | geschielt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schiele | wir schielen | i | ich schiele | wir schielen |
du schielst | ihr schielt | du schielest | ihr schielet | ||
er schielt | sie schielen | er schiele | sie schielen | ||
preterite | ich schielte | wir schielten | ii | ich schielte1 | wir schielten1 |
du schieltest | ihr schieltet | du schieltest1 | ihr schieltet1 | ||
er schielte | sie schielten | er schielte1 | sie schielten1 | ||
imperative | schiel (du) schiele (du) |
schielt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German scheln, from Old High German skellen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiələn/
- Rhymes: -iələn
Verb
schielen (third-person singular present schielt, past participle geschielt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to peel
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