Schein
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schīn, Old High German scīn, skīn (“shine, brightness, light, ray”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīn, from Proto-Germanic *skīną. Cognate with Old Norse skína, Old Saxon scīnan, Old English sċīn (“phantom, ghost”), Dutch schijn, English shine, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schein m (strong, genitive Scheines or Scheins, plural Scheine)
- shine, gleam, flash
- semblance, appearance
- certificate, ticket, bill, note
- banknote, ellipsis of Geldschein
- (medicine, slang) A case which a medical professional liquidates by invoice
- 2024 January 19, Thomas Müller, “Zu viel Perfektionismus und Empathie schaden”, in MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin, volume 166, , page 18:
- Woher kommt die Einstellung, mindestens 1.200 Scheine im Quartal haben zu müssen? Einige stellen zwei MFA ein, machen 800 Scheine und sind dann weniger gestresst - auch das ist möglich.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (university slang) An individual class’s course credit (because till even the 2010s one would actually get a slip of paper)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schein [masculine, strong]
Synonyms
[edit]- (shine) Lichtschein, Schimmer
- (certificate) Nachweis, Bescheinigung
- (semblance, appearance) Anschein
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- Angelschein
- Augenschein
- Personenbeförderungsschein
- Entlassungsschein
- Fahrschein
- Fahrzeugschein
- Flugschein
- Führerschein
- Geldschein
- Gutschein
- Jagdschein
- Krankenschein
- Heiligenschein
- Kerzenschein
- Methodenschein
- Mondschein
- Passierschein
- Pilotenschein
- Scheinehe
- Scheinfirma
- Scheingemeinschaft
- Scheinpartnerschaft
- Scheinvaterschaft
- Scheinschwangerschaft
- Scheintod
- Scheinwerfer
- Scheinzahl
- Sonnenschein
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schein”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schein m (plural Schein)
Further reading
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