scheitern

See also: Scheitern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schīt.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯tɐn/
  • (file)

Verb

scheitern (third-person singular simple present scheitert, past tense scheiterte, past participle gescheitert, auxiliary sein)

  1. to fail

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • einen Missfolg erleiden
  • keinen Erfolg haben
  • ohne Erfolg bleiben
  • nicht gelingen
  • missglücken
  • missraten
  • fehlen (Swiss German)

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. scheitern in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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