Schmier

See also: schmier

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שמירה‎ (shmire), from Hebrew שמירה‎ (šəmīrā, “guard”). Compare Schmiere stehen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃmiːɐ̯/

Noun

Schmier f (genitive Schmier, plural Schmieren)

  1. (Austria, slang) fuzz, pigs, etc. (police)

Declension
Declension of Schmier [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schmier die Schmieren
genitive einer der Schmier der Schmieren
dative einer der Schmier den Schmieren
accusative eine die Schmier die Schmieren

Hunsrik

Etymology

Deverbal from Middle High German smirn, smirwen. Equivalent to German Schmiere. Compare also German Schmer, English smear.

Pronunciation

Noun

Schmier f (plural Schmiere)

  1. a type of jam made in Southern Brazil with juice and pulp from fruits[1][2]
  2. sweat bread spread[3]

Derived terms
  • Keesschmier (quark cheese)
  • schmeere (to spread)

Descendants
  • → Portuguese: chimia, chimíer, schmier

References
  1. "Schmier" in Boll, P.K., 2016. Dicionário hunsriqueano brasileiro – português. p. 89.
  2. "Schmier" in Altenhofen, C.V., 1990. A aprendizagem do português em uma comunidade bilíngüe do Rio Grande do Sul: um estudo de redes de comunicação em Harmonia. p. 215.
  3. "Schmier" in Altenhofen, C.V., et al., 2007. Fundamentos para uma escrita do Hunsrückisch falado no Brasil. Contingentia. Porto Alegre. Vol. 2, n. 2 (nov. 2007), p. 84.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Deverbal from Middle High German smirn, smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan (“to smear”).

Equivalent to German Schmiere. Compare also German Schmer, English smear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃmiːr/, [ʃmiə̯], [ʃmiː.ɐ]

Noun

Schmier f (plural Schmieren)

  1. slice of bread with butter

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Deverbal from Middle High German smirn, smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan (“to smear”).

Equivalent to German Schmiere. Compare also German Schmer, English smear.

Noun

Schmier f (plural Schmiere)

  1. grease
  2. salve, ointment
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.