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Schemen
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German
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃeːmən/
de De-Schemen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de schämen some speakers, especially northern and eastern regions
Etymology 1
From de gmh scheme m f, from de goh *skemo m, goh skema f, from de gem-pro *skīmô *skīmô, *skimô, *skimō.
The word meant “mask” in Upper German, but “shadow, silhouette” in Central and Low German; compare de gml schēme, from de osx skimo. The modern meaning is based on the northern usage, in part after Martin Luther Luther.
Cognate with dum scheme alongside the stem variant nl schim shadow. Also related with de schimmern, en shimmer, nl schemering twilight.
Noun
m
an indistinct shape or shadow; a silhouette in the dark, in mist, etc.
a sight of whose reality one is uncertain; an illusion, spectre, phantom
Declension
m
Derived terms
de schemenhaft
Etymology 2
Noun
de noun form
de Schema
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