schützen

== German == === Etymology === From late Middle High German schützen (“to protect”, literally “to dam up, contain”), either from the root of schießen (“to shoot (advance a barrier)”) or schütten (“to pour [pile up a protective wall]”). Cognate with English shut. Compare typologically Latin prōtegō, prōtectus (whence English protect), from Latin prō- + tegō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃʏ.t͡sn̩/, /ˈʃʏ.t͡sən/ Hyphenation: schüt‧zen Rhymes: -ʏt͡sn̩ === Verb === schützen (weak, third-person singular present schützt, past tense schützte, past participle geschützt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to defend; to protect; to shelter; to guard (transitive) to cover (reflexive) to protect oneself ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== protegieren ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schutz === Further reading === “schützen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “schützen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schützen” in Duden online “schützen” in OpenThesaurus.de