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Schein.

shine, gleam, flash

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃaɪ̯n/
  1. shine, gleam, flash

    masculine · strong
  2. semblance, appearance

    masculine · strong
  3. certificate, ticket, bill, note ellipsis of Geldschein: banknote

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · masculine · strong
  4. certificate, ticket, bill, note A case which a medical professional liquidates by invoice

    masculine · slang · strong
  5. certificate, ticket, bill, note An individual class’s course credit (because till even the 2010s one would actually get a slip of paper)

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

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).

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