Scheune

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schiune, from Old High German scugin(n)a, from a Proto-Germanic *sku(w)enjō-, for which see Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“shelter, shack”) for more. The word was originally chiefly East Central German versus otherwise predominant Scheuer (Austro-Bavarian also Stadel). Scheune is reinforced by cognate Low German Schüün. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃɔʏ̯nə/ === Noun === Scheune f (genitive Scheune, plural Scheunen) barn Synonym: (now less common) Scheuer ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Stadel (Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) === References === === Further reading === “Scheune” in Duden online “Scheune”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)