to shy, to balk at (to physically refuse going near a source of fear, especially of animals) · to avoid, to balk at (an act or situation, especially over a longer time period) · to be afraid of, to shrink from, to shy away from
çekim: geçmiş scheute · ortaç gescheut · şimdiki scheut · ulaç scheuend
köken: From Middle High German schiuhen, from Old High German sciuhen, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhan, from the Proto-Germanic adjective *skiuhaz (“shy”). By surface analysis, scheu + -en. Doublet of scheuchen. Compare Dutch schuwen.
Das Pferd scheut vor dem Hindernis.
keine Mühe scheuen
Der Junge ist einfach nur faul, er scheut die Arbeit, wo er nur kann.
köken: hab (“foam”) + -ozik (verb-forming suffix). Its original meaning was “to undulate” (in the waves); this to and fro movement formed the basis of its current meaning of hesitation (compare wave and waver).