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单词 schüchtern
释义

schüchtern

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German schüchter, whence also Dutch schuchter. Cognate with scheu. The final -n is an original case ending, which was sometimes added to the stem in Low German (compare German albern).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʏçtɐn/
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Adjective

schüchtern (strong nominative masculine singular schüchterner, comparative schüchterner, superlative am schüchternsten)

  1. shy, timid, bashful
    Sei nicht schüchtern!Don't be shy!

Usage notes

The words scheu and schüchtern both translate into English as “shy”. Although they are sometimes synonyms in German as well, there is generally a subtle distinction: scheu means “avoiding contact with others”, whereas schüchtern means “feeling uncomfortable or awkward in contact with others”. (Hence, one's being schüchtern may but need not lead to one's becoming scheu.)

Declension

  • einschüchtern

Adverb

schüchtern

  1. timidly, shyly
    schüchtern bittento ask timidly

See also

  • scheu
  • zaghaft
  • zurückhaltend

Further reading

  • schüchtern” in Duden online
  • schüchtern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883), schüchtern”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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