schänden
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃɛndən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (with non-personal objects) to desecrate; to dishonour
- (with personal objects) to violate; to rape; to ravish
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German schenden inherited from Old High German skenten inherited from *skandijan inherited from Proto-Germanic *skandijaną (scold, berate).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skandijaną
Gloss
scold, berate
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
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Distribution of cognates by language
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Cognates and derived terms
- shend English
- toshend English
- Knabenschändung German
- Leichenschändung German
- Schändung German
- schenden Dutch, Flemish
- schender Dutch, Flemish
- schending Dutch, Flemish
- schendziek Dutch, Flemish
- schenner Dutch, Flemish
- schennis Dutch, Flemish
- *(s)kem- Proto-Indo-European
- *skandijaną Proto-Germanic
- scendan Old English
- sċendan Old English
- shenden Middle English
- skænde Danish
- skænderi Danish
- schenden Middle Dutch
- *skenden Old High German
- *skenten Old High German
- skenten Old High German
- schenden Middle High German
- *skandijan gmw-pro
- *skenden Old Dutch
- schenden Middle Low German
- geschende Alemannic German
- schende Alemannic German
- schänge Central Franconian