schmieren

See also: Schmieren

German

Etymology

From Old High German smirwen, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. Cognate with English smear.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

Derived terms

• beschmieren
• Schmierblatt
• Schmiergeld
• Schmierpapier
• Schmierzettel

 

Further reading

• “schmieren” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German smirwen, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. Cognate with German schmieren, Dutch smeren, English smear, Icelandic smyrja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmiəʀən/

Verb

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

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.