beschatten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German beschatewen, beschetwen, from Old High German biskatawen, from Proto-West Germanic *biskadwijan. Equivalent to be- +‎ schatten. Cognates include Dutch beschaduwen and English beshadow. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʃatn̩/ === Verb === beschatten (weak, third-person singular present beschattet, past tense beschattete, past participle beschattet, auxiliary haben) (chiefly solemn or poetic) to shadow, beshade (give shade, cast a shadow over) Synonyms: Schatten spenden, Schatten werfen, überschatten (figurative) to shadow (secretly follow and observe) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Beschatten Beschatter Beschattung ==== Related terms ==== Schatten === Further reading === “beschatten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “beschatten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “beschatten” in Duden online