Scheune

German

Etymology

From Old High German scugina, from Proto-Germanic *skiwją, *skiwô (“cloud, cloud cover, haze”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (“to cover, hide, cloud”). Cognates include Sanskrit स्कुनाति (skunāti, “he covers”), Old English scēo (“sky”), scuwa (“shade, darkness, protection”) and Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “hide, leather”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃɔʏ̯nə/
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Noun

Scheune f (genitive Scheune, plural Scheunen)

barn

Declension

Declension of Scheune

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Scheune	die	Scheunen
genitive	einer	der	Scheune	der	Scheunen
dative	einer	der	Scheune	den	Scheunen
accusative	eine	die	Scheune	die	Scheunen

Synonyms

Scheuer (overall less common)