schuin

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sxœy̯n/
  • Hyphenation: schuin
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -œy̯n

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain. Apparently related to German Low German schüün (“slanting, sloping”), Saterland Frisian schüün (“slanting, sloping”), West Frisian skean (“slanting, sloping”), Middle English askoin (“at a slant, askance”), Norwegian skeina (“to move obliquely”).

Adjective

schuin (comparative schuiner, superlative schuinst)

  1. slanted, slanting
  2. obscene
Inflection
Inflection of schuin
uninflected schuin
inflected schuine
comparative schuiner
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial schuinschuinerhet schuinst
het schuinste
indefinite m./f. sing. schuineschuinereschuinste
n. sing. schuinschuinerschuinste
plural schuineschuinereschuinste
definite schuineschuinereschuinste
partitive schuinsschuiners—
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: skeens
  • → Aukan: sikoinsi
  • → Papiamentu: skùin, skeins

Adverb

schuin

  1. diagonally
    schuin achter mij – diagonally behind me

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schuin

  1. inflection of schuinen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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