schielen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schilhen, from Old High German scilihen, from Proto-Germanic *skilhijaną, *skilhwijaną (“to squint”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to bend; crook”). Related to Dutch scheel (“squinty; squint-eyed”), Old English sceolh (“slanted; oblique; wry”). More at skelly (“to squint”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːlən/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: schie‧len

Verb

schielen (weak, third-person singular present schielt, past tense schielte, past participle geschielt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (medicine, ophthalmology) to squint
  2. to leer
    • 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 8:
      Dazu zirpten unzählige Zikaden, […], langzüngige Chamäleone schielten nach schwirrenden Fliegen, […]
      In addition countless cicadas chirped, […], long-tongued chameleons leered at whizzing flies, […]

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German scheln, from Old High German skellen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiələn/
    • Rhymes: -iələn

Verb

schielen (third-person singular present schielt, past participle geschielt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to peel

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive schielen
participle geschielt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular schielen —
2nd singular schiels schiel
3rd singular schielt —
1st plural schielen —
2nd plural schielt schielt
3rd plural schielen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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