Schengen

See also: schéngen

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛŋ.ɡən/

Proper noun

Schengen

1. A town in southeastern Luxembourg
2. (politics) The Schengen Agreement: a treaty between countries in continental Europe abolishing mutual border controls and standardizing visa policy.
   • 2004, Imelda Higgins, Kay Hailbronner, Migration and Asylum Law and Policy in the European Union: FIDE 2004 National Reports, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 135:

     As is the case for the other Member States participating in Schengen, Greece issues, on the one hand, Schengen uniform visas, and on the other, national long-stay visas for stays exceeding three months.

3. The Schengen Area; the area over which the Schengen Agreement applies.
   • 2013, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Foreign Affairs Committee, Foreign policy considerations for the UK and Scotland in the event of Scotland becoming an independent country: sixth report of session 2012-13, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence, Stationery Office →ISBN, page 8

     One of the requirements in Schengen, quite practically, is that you have configure airports so that you can separate out your air travellers from those who are travelling within Schengen and those who are not.

   • 2016, Andrea de Guttry, Francesca Capone, Christophe Paulussen, Foreign Fighters under International Law and Beyond, Springer, →ISBN, page 310:

     Risk indicators avoid the need for checks of police databases for all persons entering Schengen

   • Sat 4 May 2024 , Geneva Abdul and Kim Willsher, The Guardian

     a spokesperson told Le Monde: “When it’s a question of a Schengen refuse, the border police can’t do much about it.”

Derived terms

• Schengen Agreement
• Schengen Area
• Schengen visa

Translations

city in Luxembourg

• Arabic: شينجن m (šengen), شينغن
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 申根 (zh) (Shēngēn)

• Georgian: შენგენი (šengeni)
• German: Schengen n
• Japanese: シェンゲン (Shengen)
• Luxembourgish: Schengen
• Russian: Шенге́н (ru) m (Šengén), Ше́нген (ru) m (Šéngen)

Finnish

Etymology

From Luxembourgish Schengen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeŋːen/, [ˈʃe̞ŋːe̞n]

Noun

Schengen

1. Schengen (a town in Luxembourg)
2. short for Schengenin sopimus, the Schengen Agreement

Declension

• In Schengen = Schengenissä (inessive case)

Inflection of Schengen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Schengen	—
genitive		Schengenin	—
partitive		Schengeniä	—
illative		Schengeniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Schengen	—
accusative	nom.	Schengen	—
	gen.	Schengenin
genitive		Schengenin	—
partitive		Schengeniä	—
inessive		Schengenissä	—
elative		Schengenistä	—
illative		Schengeniin	—
adessive		Schengenillä	—
ablative		Schengeniltä	—
allative		Schengenille	—
essive		Schengeninä	—
translative		Schengeniksi	—
abessive		Schengenittä	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Schengen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Schengenini — accusative nom. Schengenini — gen. Schengenini genitive Schengenini — partitive Schengeniäni — inessive Schengenissäni — elative Schengenistäni — illative Schengeniini — adessive Schengenilläni — ablative Schengeniltäni — allative Schengenilleni — essive Schengeninäni — translative Schengenikseni — abessive Schengenittäni — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Schengenisi — accusative nom. Schengenisi — gen. Schengenisi genitive Schengenisi — partitive Schengeniäsi — inessive Schengenissäsi — elative Schengenistäsi — illative Schengeniisi — adessive Schengenilläsi — ablative Schengeniltäsi — allative Schengenillesi — essive Schengeninäsi — translative Schengeniksesi — abessive Schengenittäsi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Schengenimme — accusative nom. Schengenimme — gen. Schengenimme genitive Schengenimme — partitive Schengeniämme — inessive Schengenissämme — elative Schengenistämme — illative Schengeniimme — adessive Schengenillämme — ablative Schengeniltämme — allative Schengenillemme — essive Schengeninämme — translative Schengeniksemme — abessive Schengenittämme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Schengeninne — accusative nom. Schengeninne — gen. Schengeninne genitive Schengeninne — partitive Schengeniänne — inessive Schengenissänne — elative Schengenistänne — illative Schengeniinne — adessive Schengenillänne — ablative Schengeniltänne — allative Schengenillenne — essive Schengeninänne — translative Schengeniksenne — abessive Schengenittänne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Schengeninsä — accusative nom. Schengeninsä — gen. Schengeninsä genitive Schengeninsä — partitive Schengeniään Schengeniänsä — inessive Schengenissään Schengenissänsä — elative Schengenistään Schengenistänsä — illative Schengeniinsä — adessive Schengenillään Schengenillänsä — ablative Schengeniltään Schengeniltänsä — allative Schengenilleen Schengenillensä — essive Schengeninään Schengeninänsä — translative Schengenikseen Schengeniksensä — abessive Schengenittään Schengenittänsä — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

compounds

• Schengen-alue

 

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Schengen.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛ̃.ɡɛn/

Proper noun

Schengen m

1. (politics) Schengen (the Schengen Agreement)
2. (European politics) Schengen, Schengen Area (the area over which the Schengen Agreement applies)

   Synonym: espaço Schengen