Scheide

See also: scheide

German

Etymology

From Middle High German scheide, from Old High German sceida, from Proto-Germanic *skaiþiz. Compare Low German scheed, Dutch schede, English sheath, Danish skede, Norwegian Bokmål skjede, Icelandic skeið. The anatomical sense is a calque of Latin vagīna.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯də/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Schei‧de

Noun

Scheide f (genitive Scheide, plural Scheiden)

sheath, scabbard
(anatomy) vagina

Declension

Declension of Scheide

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Scheide	die	Scheiden
genitive	einer	der	Scheide	der	Scheiden
dative	einer	der	Scheide	den	Scheiden
accusative	eine	die	Scheide	die	Scheiden

Derived terms

Further reading

Scheide in Duden online

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