Infinitive
schitten; to schitten; schitte
Participles
| Present | schittende; schittynge |
| Past | schitted; schit; yschit |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | schitte |
| 2nd sing. | schittest |
| 3rd sing. | schitteth |
| 1st plur. | schitten; schitte; schitteth |
| 2nd plur. | schitten; schitte; schitteth |
| 3rd plur. | schitten; schitte; schitteth |
Past
| 1st sing. | schitted; schitte |
| 2nd sing. | schittest |
| 3rd sing. | schitted; schitte |
| 1st plur. | schitten; schitte |
| 2nd plur. | schitten; schitte |
| 3rd plur. | schitten; schitte |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | schitte |
| 2nd sing. | schitte |
| 3rd sing. | schitte |
Past
| 1st sing. | schitte |
| 2nd sing. | schitte |
| 3rd sing. | schitte |
Imperative
| Singular | schitte |
| Plural | schitteth; schitte |
Verbs conjugated like schitten
schitten,
Etymology
1. Inherited from Old English sċyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *skuttjan, from *skut (“a border, a divider”) + *-jan.
2. Forms showing the development /y/ to /ɛ/ are more widely dispersed and less prone to being displaced by those showing a development to /i/ during the Middle English period, undoubtedly to avoid an embarrassing homophony with schite (“shit”); this also accounts for forms influenced by scheten (continued in Middle Scots schute). West Midland and Southern forms with /u/ (hence modern shut) represent a retraction of /y/ after /ʃ/.
Verbs referencing "schitten"
English
shut.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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