Schemen

Etymology 1
From, , from , , from.

The word meant “mask” in Upper German, but “shadow, silhouette” in Central and Low German; compare, from. The modern meaning is based on the northern usage, in part after.

Cognate with 🇨🇬 alongside the stem variant. Also related with, ,.

Noun

 * 1) an indistinct shape or shadow; a silhouette in the dark, in mist, etc.
 * 2) a sight of whose reality one is uncertain; an illusion, spectre, phantom