scherm

English

Etymology

From Dutch scherm. Doublet of screen.

Noun

scherm (plural scherms)

1. A temporary shelter made from branches.
   • 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company, published 1907, page 53:

     [W]e went to work to build a "scherm" near one of the pools and about a hundred yards to the right of it. This is done by cutting a quantity of thorn bushes and piling them in the shape of a circular hedge. Then the space enclosed is smoothed, and dry tambouki grass, if obtainable, is made into a bed in the centre, and a fire or fires lighted.

Anagrams

• Mersch

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛrm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.

Noun

scherm n (plural schermen, diminutive schermpje n)

1. screen, protection
2. awning, sunblind
3. display screen, monitor
4. (botany) umbel

   Synonym: bloemscherm

Derived terms

• aanraakscherm
• beeldscherm
• bloemscherm
• computerscherm
• moerasscherm
• regenscherm
• schermbloem
• straalscherm
• valscherm
• windscherm
• zonnescherm

Related terms

• schermen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skerm
• → Caribbean Javanese: sekèrm
• → Indonesian: sekeram, skerem
• → Papiamentu: skèrmu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

scherm

1. inflection of schermen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.

Proto-Germanic *skirmiz

Proto-West Germanic *skirmi

Old Dutch skirm

Middle Dutch scherm

From Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi.

Noun

scherm n or m

1. protective screen
2. protection, cover

Inflection

Strong neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	scherm	scherm, scherme
accusative	scherm	scherm, scherme
genitive	scherms	scherme
dative	scherme	schermen

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	scherm	scherme
accusative	scherm	scherme
genitive	scherms	scherme
dative	scherme	schermen

Descendants

• Dutch: scherm
  • Afrikaans: skerm
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sekèrm
  • → Indonesian: sekeram, skerem
  • → Papiamentu: skèrmu
• Limburgish: sjèrm

Further reading

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “scherm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN