scheitern

== German == === Etymology === Verbal formation from Middle High German schīt, synchronically analyzed as Scheiter (“plural of Scheit (“log, stick of firewood”)”) +‎ -n (“verbal suffix”). The modern sense of "to fail" is derived from figurative usage of the verb as "to fall to pieces (logs)" > "to fail" (DWDS). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯tɐn/ === Verb === scheitern (weak, third-person singular present scheitert, past tense scheiterte, past participle gescheitert, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to fail, to conclude unsuccessfully Synonyms: missglücken; missraten; (Switzerland) fehlen Antonyms: gelingen, glücken to flounder ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gescheitert === References === === Further reading === “scheitern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “scheitern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “scheitern” in Duden online “scheitern” in OpenThesaurus.de