schiten

schiten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *skītan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskiːtən/, /ˈsxiːtən/

Verb

schiten

  1. to shit, to defecate

Inflection

Conjugation of schiten (strong class 1)
infinitive base form schiten
genitive schitens
dative schitene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular schite schêet schite schēte
2nd person singular schijts, schites schēets, schētes schijts, schites schētes
3rd person singular schijt, schitet schêet schite schēte
1st person plural schiten schēten schiten schēten
2nd person plural schijt, schitet schēet, schētet schijt, schitet schētet
3rd person plural schiten schēten schiten schēten
imperative
singular schijt, schite
plural schijt, schitet
present past
participle schitende geschēten

Descendants

  • Dutch: schijten
  • Limburgish: sjiete

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt; equivalent to schite (diarrhoea) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːtən/

    Verb

    schiten (third-person singular simple present schiteth, present participle schitynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative schoot, past participle schiten)

    1. (vulgar) To shit (defecate)
    2. (vulgar) To stink, smell, stench

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of schiten (strong class 1)
    infinitive (to) schiten, schite
    present tense past tense
    1st-person singular schite schoot
    2nd-person singular schitest schite1, schote1
    3rd-person singular schiteth, schit schoot
    subjunctive singular schite schite2, schote2
    imperative singular
    plural3 schiten, schite schiten, schite, schoten, schote
    imperative plural schiteth, schite
    participles schitynge, schitende schiten, schite, yschiten, yschite

    1 Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or schootest.
    2 Later replaced by the indicative.
    3 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

    Descendants

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