schiften

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxɪftə(n)/

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Verb

schiften

1. (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.

Inflection

Conjugation of schiften (weak)
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.

See also

• geschift (“crazy”)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪftn̩/

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Verb

1. (nautical) to jibe, gybe (shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other)

Derived terms

• Schiftung

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• schyfte, schifte, scuften, shiften, schyftyn

Etymology

From Old English sċiftan, from Proto-Germanic *skiftijaną; equivalent to schyft +‎ -en. Doublet of skift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiftən/

Verb

schiften

1. To split, cut up, sunder.
2. To share out, redistribute, split equally.
3. To break apart, ruin, smash, make dissolute.
4. To choose, pick, select.
5. To ready, prepare, rectify, sort.
6. To leave; to change place.
7. (rare) To shift, modify, alter.

Conjugation

Conjugation of schiften (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) schiften, schifte
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	schifte	schifted
2nd-person singular	schiftest	schiftedest
3rd-person singular	schifteth	schifted
subjunctive singular	schifte
imperative singular		—
plural1	schiften, schifte	schifteden, schiftede
imperative plural	schifteth, schifte	—
participles	schiftynge, schiftende	schifted, yschifted

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

• schyft
• schyftynge

Descendants

• English: shift
• Scots: shift, schift

References

• “shiften (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.