Scheune

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schiune, from Old High German scugin(n)a, from a Proto-Germanic *sku(w)enjō-, for which see Proto-Germanic *skūrō (“shelter, shack”) for more.[1] The word was originally chiefly East Central German versus otherwise predominant Scheuer (Austro-Bavarian also Stadel). Scheune is reinforced by cognate Low German Schüün.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɔʏ̯nə/
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Noun

Scheune f (genitive Scheune, plural Scheunen)

  1. barn
    Synonym: (now less common) Scheuer

Declension

Declension of Scheune [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Scheune die Scheunen
genitive einer der Scheune der Scheunen
dative einer der Scheune den Scheunen
accusative eine die Scheune die Scheunen

Synonyms

  • Stadel (Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*skūra/ō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 451: “*sku(w)enjō-”

Further reading

  • “Scheune” in Duden online
  • “Scheune” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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