scheen

== Dutch == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch schene, from Old Dutch *skina, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with German Schiene, English shin. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /sxeːn/ Hyphenation: scheen Rhymes: -eːn ==== Noun ==== scheen f (plural schenen, diminutive scheentje n) (chiefly plural) shin strip of wood or metal ===== Related terms ===== scheenbeen scheenbeschermer ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: skeen English: skein === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== scheen singular past indicative of schijnen === Anagrams === schene == Hunsrik == === Alternative forms === xeen (Wiesemann spelling system) === Etymology === From Middle High German schœne, from Old High German scōni, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃeːn/ Rhymes: -eːn Syllabification: scheen === Adjective === scheen (comparative scheener, superlative scheenest) beautiful, lovely, pretty, handsome good, great, splendid nice, pleasant ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== eklich hesslich ==== Derived terms ==== Scheenheet Scheenheit scheenmache === Adverb === scheen well, beautifully really nicely === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “scheen”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German schö̂ne. === Adjective === scheen beautiful, lovely, fair