Scheune

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schiune, from Old High German scugin(n)a, probably eventually from the root Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover, hide, cloud”). The word was originally chiefly East Central German versus otherwise predominant Scheuer (Austro-Bavarian also Stadel). Scheune was reinforced by cognate Middle Low German schǖne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔʏ̯nə/
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Noun

Scheune f (genitive Scheune, plural Scheunen)

barn

Declension

Declension of Scheune

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Scheune	die	Scheunen
genitive	einer	der	Scheune	der	Scheunen
dative	einer	der	Scheune	den	Scheunen
accusative	eine	die	Scheune	die	Scheunen

Synonyms

Scheuer (now less common)