schütteln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schütelen, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German scutilōn;[1][2] synchronically analyzable as an iterative formation from schütten.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʏtl̩n/, /ˈʃʏtəln/
  • audio(file)
  • audio(file)

Verb

schütteln (weak, third-person singular present schüttelt, past tense schüttelte, past participle geschüttelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to shake
    Synonym: durchrütteln
    • 1997, Rammstein, Spiel mit mir:
      Brüderlein komm halt dich fest / und schüttel mir das Laub vom Baum
      Baby brother, come hold on tight / and shake the leaves from my tree

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schütteln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. “schütteln” in Duden online

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.