Scherenschnitt
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃeːʀənˌʃnɪt/
noun
Definitions
- (literally) a scissor- or shear-cut
- the art of scherenschnitte (papercutting)
- an artwork produced by scherenschnitte
Etymology
Affix from German Schere (scissors, gap) + German Schnitt (cut, that which is cut).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Schnitt
Gloss
cut, that which is cut
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Abschnitt German
- Aufschnitt German
- Bürstenschnitt German
- Durchschnitt German
- Genschere German
- Goldener Schnitt German
- Haarschnitt German
- Holzschnitt German
- Kaiserschnitt German
- Längsschnitt German
- Nagelschere German
- Papierschnittwunde German
- Querschnitt German
- Schere German
- Scherenfernrohr German
- Schnitt German
- Schnitter German
- Schnittkäse German
- Schuldenschnitt German
- Zuschnitt German
- snitt Hungarian
- šnyt Czech
- schære Middle High German
- snit Middle High German