schmieren

(Inglese)

  1. (transitive, weak) to smear, to spread (a cream or similar substance across across a surface)
  2. (transitive, weak) to butter (bread, etc.)
  3. (transitive, weak) to grease, to oil, to lubricate
  4. (informal, transitive, weak) to bribe
  5. (colloquial, transitive, weak) to scribble, to scrawl
  6. (derogatory, transitive, weak) to scrawl (deface a surface with grafitti or something similar)

Frequenza

C2
Dialetti

Canton Argovia

Canton Argovia

schlaargge

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

salbe

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

schliirge

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

schmiire

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

silche

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈʃmiːʁən/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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.

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