schänden

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schenden, from Old High German skenten, from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃɛndən/ === Verb === schänden (weak, third-person singular present schändet, past tense schändete, past participle geschändet, auxiliary haben) (transitive, with non-personal objects) to desecrate; to dishonour Synonyms: entehren, entweihen, schwächen, freveln, meiligen, vermeiligen (transitive, with personal objects, chiefly dated, literary) to violate; to rape; to ravish Synonyms: schwächen, missbrauchen, misshandeln, notzwingen, vergewaltigen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schande === Further reading === “schänden”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schänden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schänden” in Duden online “schänden” in OpenThesaurus.de