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===Etymology 2=== |
===Etymology 2=== |
Revision as of 14:07, 15 October 2020
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German schier, from Old High German skiaro (“fast, immediately”). Cognate with German schier.
Pronunciation
Adverb
schier
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schiere, from Old Dutch *skīr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz.
Adverb
schier
Derived terms
Adjective
schier (not comparable)
Inflection
Declension of schier | ||||
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uninflected | schier | |||
inflected | schiere | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | schier | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | schiere | ||
n. sing. | schier | |||
plural | schiere | |||
definite | schiere | |||
partitive | schiers |
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch schier, from Old Dutch scieri, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].
Adjective
schier (not comparable)
- (dialectal) neat, tidy, proper
- (archaic, dialectal) grey, in particular light grey
- (dialectal, especially of soil) infertile
- (dialectal, of cattle) lean, well-shaped, not fat
- (obsolete) white
Inflection
Declension of schier | ||||
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uninflected | schier | |||
inflected | schiere | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | schier | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | schiere | ||
n. sing. | schier | |||
plural | schiere | |||
definite | schiere | |||
partitive | schiers |
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German schir (“immediate, quick”) (adv. schire), Old High German skeri (“sharp, acute, quick, rapid”), likely cognate with Old Church Slavonic скоръ (skorŭ, “rapid”) (Russian скорый (skoryj)), Limburgish skėrỹs (“grasshopper”), Ancient Greek σκαίρειν (skaírein, “to jump”).
Grimm assumes partial conflation with scheir (“pure, bright”) (English sheer).
Adjective
schier (comparative schierer, superlative am schiersten)
Declension
Adverb
schier
- soon, nearly, almost
- 1545, Martin Luther transl., Biblia: Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Deudsch, Auffs new zugericht, Isaiah 21:11:
- Hüter ist die nacht schier hin?
- 1545, Martin Luther transl., Biblia: Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Deudsch, Auffs new zugericht, Isaiah 21:11:
Etymology 2
From Low German, adopted in High German in the 18th century, the High German equivalent scheir gradually falling out of use; cognate with scheuern (“to scour”), like sheer from Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, sheer”).
Adjective
schier (comparative schierer, superlative am schiersten)
Declension
Further reading
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German schîr, from Old Saxon skīr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- 'luster, gloss, shadow'.
Pronunciation
Adjective
schier (comparative schierer, superlative schierst)
- pure, clear, bright, sheer
- clean
- neat, tidy
- pure, unmixed, unblended
- (together with maken) finished, disposed, clean
References
- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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