scheren

to shear (sheep etc.)

B2 rank #8,212

Meanings

Verb

to shear (sheep etc.)
to cut back something that grows
to clip, prune (a hedge)
to bother (someone); to trouble (someone), to be of interest (to someone)
to care (about something); to mind (something)
to go into a certain direction
to scram; to beat it
to shear, to apply a shearing transformation to (mathematics)

In a sentence

Der Bauer lässt im Frühjahr seine Schafe scheren.

The farmer has his sheep sheared in spring.

Forms

scherenschertschorhat geschoren (+ Akkusativ; um + Akkusativ) | scherenschertschertehat geschert (+ Akkusativ; um + Akkusativ) | scherenschertschertehat geschert

takes + Akkusativ