Schirm

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schirm, scherm, from Old High German skerm, skirm (“screen”), from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi (“fur, pelt, covering, screen”).

More at screen. Compare scrim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪʁm/

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• (some speakers in Westphalia) IPA^(key): /ˈʃiːɐ̯m/

Noun

Schirm m (strong, genitive Schirmes or Schirms, plural Schirme, diminutive Schirmchen n)

1. screen (movable protective cover)
   1. umbrella (thin fabric cover stretched on a frame with a longer shaft)
   2. bill, peak (of a cap)
2. clipping of Bildschirm (“screen, monitor”)

Declension

Declension of Schirm [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schirm	die	Schirme
genitive	eines	des	Schirmes, Schirms	der	Schirme
dative	einem	dem	Schirm, Schirme1	den	Schirmen
accusative	einen	den	Schirm	die	Schirme

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• auf dem Schirm
• Bildschirm
• Fallschirm
• Lampenschirm
• Regenschirm
• schirmen
• schirmförmig
• Schirmherr
• Schirmmütze
• Schirmständer
• Schutzschirm
• Sonnenschirm

Descendants

• →? Finnish: sermi
• → Russian: ширма (širma)

Further reading

• “Schirm” in Duden online
• “Schirm”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)