schiften
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schiften
- (intransitive) to separate, to divide itself into separate layers or substances
- Deze saus gaat schiften als je niet blijft roeren.
- This sauce will separate if you don't keep stirring.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of schiften (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | schiften | |||
past singular | schiftte | |||
past participle | geschift | |||
infinitive | schiften | |||
gerund | schiften n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | schift | schiftte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | schift | schiftte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | schift | schiftte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | schift | schiftte | ||
3rd person singular | schift | schiftte | ||
plural | schiften | schiftten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | schifte | schiftte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | schiften | schiftten | ||
imperative sing. | schift | |||
imperative plur.1 | schift | |||
participles | schiftend | geschift | ||
1) Archaic. |
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: skif
See also
[edit]- geschift (“crazy”)
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schiften (weak, third-person singular present schiftet, past tense schiftete, past participle geschiftet, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schiften | ||||
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present participle | schiftend | ||||
past participle | geschiftet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schifte | wir schiften | i | ich schifte | wir schiften |
du schiftest | ihr schiftet | du schiftest | ihr schiftet | ||
er schiftet | sie schiften | er schifte | sie schiften | ||
preterite | ich schiftete | wir schifteten | ii | ich schiftete1 | wir schifteten1 |
du schiftetest | ihr schiftetet | du schiftetest1 | ihr schiftetet1 | ||
er schiftete | sie schifteten | er schiftete1 | sie schifteten1 | ||
imperative | schift (du) schifte (du) |
schiftet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old English sċiftan, from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną; equivalent to schyft -en (infinitival suffix). Doublet of skift.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schiften
- To split, cut up, sunder.
- To share out, redistribute, split equally.
- To break apart, ruin, smash, make dissolute.
- To choose, pick, select.
- To ready, prepare, rectify, sort.
- To leave; to change place.
- (rare) To shift, modify, alter.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of schiften (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “shiften, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.
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