schiten

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *skītan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskiːtən/, /ˈsxiːtən/

Verb

schiten

1. to shit, to defecate

Inflection

Conjugation of schiten (strong class 1)

infinitive	base form	schiten
	genitive	schitens
	dative	schitene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		schite	schêet		schite	schēte
2nd person singular		schijts, schites	schēets, schētes		schijts, schites	schētes
3rd person singular		schijt, schitet	schêet		schite	schēte
1st person plural		schiten	schēten		schiten	schēten
2nd person plural		schijt, schitet	schēet, schētet		schijt, schitet	schētet
3rd person plural		schiten	schēten		schiten	schēten
		imperative
singular		schijt, schite
plural		schijt, schitet
		present	past
participle		schitende	geschēten

Descendants

• Dutch: schijten
• Limburgish: sjiete

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “schiten”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• schite, schyte, schytyn, shyte, shytyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt; equivalent to schite (“diarrhoea”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːtən/

Verb

schiten (third-person singular simple present schiteth, present participle schitynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative schoot, past participle schiten)

1. (vulgar) To shit (defecate)
2. (vulgar) To stink, smell, stench

Conjugation

Conjugation of schiten (strong class 1)

infinitive	(to) schiten, schite
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	schite	schoot
2nd-person singular	schitest	schite1, schote1
3rd-person singular	schiteth	schoot
subjunctive singular	schite	schite2, schote2
imperative singular		—
plural3	schiten, schite	schiten, schite, schoten, schote
imperative plural	schiteth, schite	—
participles	schitynge, schitende	schiten, schite, yschiten, yschite

¹ Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or schootest.
² Later replaced by the indicative.
³ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: shit, shite
• Scots: shit

References

• “shīten, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 21 March 2018.