Neuter

Geschirr

Meaning

  1. (collective, neuter, strong) dishware
  2. (neuter, obsolete, strong) vessel, container
  3. (neuter, strong) harness

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gschiir

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈʃɪʁ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German geschirre (“harness, gear”), from Old High German giskirri, giscirri (literally “the trimmed (thing)”), from skeran (“to shear”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną. Cognate with Alemannic German Geschirr.

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