schmieren
Meaning
- (transitive, weak) to smear, to spread (a cream or similar substance across across a surface)
- (transitive, weak) to butter (bread, etc.)
- (transitive, weak) to grease, to oil, to lubricate
- (informal, transitive, weak) to bribe
- (colloquial, transitive, weak) to scribble, to scrawl
- (derogatory, transitive, weak) to scrawl (deface a surface with grafitti or something similar)
Concepts
rub on
place on sale
grease one’s palms
get dirty
Synonyms
diluieren
verschmieren
ausrecken
einschmieren
manschen
schmanten
anschmieren
hinkritzeln
herumkrakeln
hinsudeln
herumkritzeln
abfetten
herumschmieren
hinkrakeln
Translations
smeren
untar
lubrifier
lubrificar
untar
lubrificareFrequency
Dialects
Aargau
schlaargge
Basel-Landschaft
salbe
Basel-Landschaft
schliirge
Basel-Landschaft
schmiire
Basel-Landschaft
silche
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃmiːʁən/
Etymology
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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