scheitern

See also: Scheitern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schīt.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaɪ̯tɐn/
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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to fail, to conclude unsuccessfully
    Synonyms: missglücken; missraten; (Swiss German) fehlen
    Antonyms: gelingen, glücken
    Warum ist das Projekt gescheitert?
    Why did the project fail?
  2. to founder

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “scheitern”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “scheitern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “scheitern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “scheitern” in Duden online
  • “scheitern” in OpenThesaurus.de
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