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Schein

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See also: schein, schéin, and schein-

English

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from German Schein.

    Proper noun

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    Schein

    1. A surname from German.
      • 2014 June 13, Dana Ford, “Will California teacher tenure ruling be a lesson for other states?”, in CNN‎[1], archived from the original on 31 March 2016:
        Still, Felix Schein, a spokesman for Students Matters, says that’s exactly what the group is looking to do. […] “We’re weighing: 1) Do you have these laws at all? 2) What’s the constitutional framework? 3) Is there evidence that the laws aren’t working?” Schein said.

    German

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German schīn, Old High German scīn, skīn (“shine, brightness, light, ray”), from Proto-West Germanic *skīn, from Proto-Germanic *skīną. Cognate with Old Norse skína, Old Saxon scīnan, Old English sċīn (“phantom, ghost”), Dutch schijn, English shine, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌽 (skeinan).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Schein m (strong, genitive Scheines or Scheins, plural Scheine)

    1. shine, gleam, flash
      Synonyms: Lichtschein, Schimmer
    2. semblance, appearance
      Synonym: Anschein
    3. certificate, ticket, bill, note
      Synonyms: Bescheinigung, Nachweis
      1. ellipsis of Geldschein: banknote
      2. (medicine, slang) A case which a medical professional liquidates by invoice
        • 2024 January 19, Thomas Müller, “Zu viel Perfektionismus und Empathie schaden”, in MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin, volume 166, →DOI, page 18:
          Woher kommt die Einstellung, mindestens 1.200 Scheine im Quartal haben zu müssen? Einige stellen zwei MFA ein, machen 800 Scheine und sind dann weniger gestresst - auch das ist möglich.
          (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      3. (university slang) An individual class’s course credit (because till even the 2010s one would actually get a slip of paper)

    Declension

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    Declension of Schein [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Schein die Scheine
    genitive eines des Scheines, Scheins der Scheine
    dative einem dem Schein, Scheine1 den Scheinen
    accusative einen den Schein die Scheine

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Hyponyms

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    appearance: Hyponyms derived of Schein
    shine: Hyponyms derived of Schein
    certificate: Hyponyms derived of Schein

    Derived terms

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    shine: Derived terms of Schein
    appeareance: Derived terms of Schein
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    References

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    1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Schein”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

    Further reading

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    Hunsrik

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    Schein m (plural Schein)

    1. shine

    Further reading

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