scheuern
German, verb/ˈʃɔʏ̯əʁn/
scheuern is spelled S-C-H-E-U-E-R-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheuern is a German verb meaning “to scrub, scour (wash by rubbing with force)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kräftig reiben, um Schmutz zu entfernen”.
What does scheuern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scrub, scour (wash by rubbing with force)
- 2
to chafe, fret (to wear or hurt by rubbing)
Der Rucksack scheuert mich.
- 3
to rub (oneself or a body part) on something
Das Pferd scheuert seinen Hals am Zaun.
- 4
colloquialto slap
Sie hat ihm eine gescheuert.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. kräftig reiben, um Schmutz zu entfernen 2. durch Reiben Abrieb oder Schmerzen verursachen 3. sich an etwas reiben, weil es juckt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of scheuern
- scheuert present singular third-person
- scheuerte past
- gescheuert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- scheuernd participle present
- scheure first-person indicative present
- scheuere first-person indicative present
- scheuer first-person indicative present
- scheuerst indicative present second-person
- scheuerest second-person singular subjunctive
- scheurest second-person singular subjunctive
- scheueret plural second-person subjunctive
- scheuret plural second-person subjunctive
- scheuerten first-person indicative plural
- scheuertest indicative preterite second-person
- scheuertet indicative plural preterite
- scheuer! imperative singular
- scheuere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scheuern?
- /ˈʃɔʏ̯əʁn/
- [ˈʃɔʏ̯.ɐn]
- [ˈʃɔɪ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scheuern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scheuern in German?
scheuern appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).