schänden

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schenden, from Old High German skenten, from Proto-West Germanic *skandijan.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛndən/
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Verb

schänden (weak, third-person singular present schändet, past tense schändete, past participle geschändet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, with non-personal objects) to desecrate; to dishonour
    Synonyms: entehren, entweihen
  2. (transitive, with personal objects, chiefly dated, literary) to violate; to rape; to ravish

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “schänden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “schänden” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “schänden” in Duden online
  • “schänden” in OpenThesaurus.de
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