Schmiere

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: schmiere

German

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

[edit]

15th century, deverbal from schmieren.

Noun

[edit]

Schmiere f (genitive Schmiere, plural Schmieren)

  1. grease
  2. goo, gunk
  3. smear
  4. cream, ointment
Declension
[edit]
Declension of Schmiere [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schmiere die Schmieren
genitive einer der Schmiere der Schmieren
dative einer der Schmiere den Schmieren
accusative eine die Schmiere die Schmieren
Descendants
[edit]
  • → Polish: szmira[1]

Etymology 2

[edit]

Borrowed from Yiddish שמירה (shmire), from Hebrew שמירה (šəmīrā), whence also Austrian German Schmier (“police”).

Noun

[edit]

Schmiere f (genitive Schmiere, plural Schmieren)

  1. (slang, chiefly in Schmiere stehen) guard, watch, especially during the perpetration of a crime or otherwise forbidden act
Declension
[edit]
Declension of Schmiere [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schmiere die Schmieren
genitive einer der Schmiere der Schmieren
dative einer der Schmiere den Schmieren
accusative eine die Schmiere die Schmieren

References

[edit]
  1. ^ https://sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/szmira;5504336.html

Hunsrik

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

Schmiere f

  1. plural of Schmier[1]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ The template Template:R:hrx:Boll does not use the parameter(s): 
    1=Schmier
    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schmiere”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary]‎[1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 89

Pennsylvania German

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

Schmiere

  1. plural of Schmier
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Schmiere&oldid=79677585"