Schmierer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schmierer.

Proper noun

Schmierer (plural Schmierers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmierer is the 37125^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 601 individuals. Schmierer is most common among White (94.84%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schmierer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

schmieren +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schmierer m (strong, genitive Schmierers, plural Schmierer, feminine Schmiererin)

1. dauber (unskilled painter)
2. one who defaces with offensive writing or painting; a vandal
3. one who writes (articles, essays, etc.) quickly and carelessly
4. (colloquial) scrawler, scribbler
5. (colloquial) a smudge
6. (Austria) unauthorized study material (e.g. SparkNotes)

Declension

Declension of Schmierer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schmierer	die	Schmierer
genitive	eines	des	Schmierers	der	Schmierer
dative	einem	dem	Schmierer	den	Schmierern
accusative	einen	den	Schmierer	die	Schmierer

Further reading

• “Schmierer” in Duden online