schinden
C1to flay / drive hard / mistreat flay = to strip off the skin or surface of / criticize harshly
- English meaning
- to flay / drive hard / mistreat flay = to strip off the skin or surface of / criticize harshly
- CEFR level
- C1 — Advanced
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- German words with S
schinden in a sentence
Er schinde seine Arbeiter wie Tiere.
He mistreats his workers like animals.
Conjugation of schinden
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- schindete
- Perfect
- hat geschunden
Where schinden comes from
althochdeutsch „scinten“, mittelhochdeutsch „schinden“ = „enthäuten“, im Mittelhochdeutschen auch schon „quälen“, belegt seit dem 9. Jahrhundert
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Questions about schinden
How do you conjugate schinden?
Present tense: schinde, schindest, schindet, schinden, schindet, schinden. Simple past: schindete. Perfect: hat geschunden.
What does schinden mean in English?
schinden means "to flay / drive hard / mistreat flay = to strip off the skin or surface of / criticize harshly". For example: "Er schinde seine Arbeiter wie Tiere." — "He mistreats his workers like animals."
What level is schinden in German?
schinden is a C1 word — c1 — advanced. It belongs to the negative character traits vocabulary.
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