Schiene

Schiene

See also: schiene

German

Etymology

From Old High German skina, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with Dutch scheen, English shin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːnə/

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Noun

Schiene f (genitive Schiene, plural Schienen)

1. a staff on which something moves
   1. (railway) rail
   2. (mechanics) rack
2. a staff or long construction that holds things together
   1. (medicine) orthotics; splint
   2. (woodwork) frame; skid
3. (electronics) busbar

Declension

Declension of Schiene

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schiene	die	Schienen
genitive	einer	der	Schiene	der	Schienen
dative	einer	der	Schiene	den	Schienen
accusative	eine	die	Schiene	die	Schienen

Derived terms

• Beinschiene
• Armschiene
• Sammelschiene
• Schienbein
• schienen
• Schienenersatzverkehr
• Schienenverkehr
• Schienenwolf

Descendants

• → Hungarian: sín
• → Macedonian: шина (šina)
• → Polish: szyna
• → Romanian: șină
• → Russian: шина (šina)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шина

  Latin: šina

Further reading

• Schiene in Duden online