schmieren

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German smirn, from older smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną, derived from *smerwą, whence dated German Schmer (fat).

The loss of -w- is mostly a Central German development; compare fahl and falb, etc. Cognate with Dutch smeren, English smear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃmiːʁən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: schmie‧ren
  • Rhymes: -iːʁən

Verb

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schmieren (weak, third-person singular present schmiert, past tense schmierte, past participle geschmiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to smear
  2. to butter (bread)
  3. to grease, oil, lubricate
  4. to bribe
  5. (colloquial) to scribble, to scrawl
  6. to deface (with writing or imagery)
    Hakenkreuze an Mauern schmieren
    to deface walls with swastikas

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • schmieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schmieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schmieren” in Duden online
  • schmieren” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German smirn, from older smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną.

Cognate with German schmieren, Dutch smeren, English smear, Icelandic smyrja.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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schmieren (third-person singular present schmiert, past participle geschmiert, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to smear, to spread
  2. (transitive) to grease, to lubricate
  3. (transitive) to bribe, to butter up
  4. (intransitive) to scrawl, to write messily

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive schmieren
participle geschmiert
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular schmieren
2nd singular schmiers schmier
3rd singular schmiert
1st plural schmieren
2nd plural schmiert schmiert
3rd plural schmieren
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.