Schiene

== German == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle High German schine, from Old High German skina, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu. Cognate with Dutch scheen, English shin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃiːnə/ === Noun === Schiene f (genitive Schiene, plural Schienen) a staff on which something moves (railway) rail (mechanics) rack a staff or long construction that holds things together (medicine) orthotics; splint (woodwork) frame; skid (electronics) busbar ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Hungarian: sín → Macedonian: шина (šina) → Polish: szyna → Romanian: șină → Russian: шина (šina) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: шина Latin script: šina === Further reading === “Schiene” in Duden online “Schiene”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)