schmieren
German (Berlin)
verb-weak
Definitions
- to smear
- to butter (bread)
- to grease, oil, lubricate
- to bribe
- (colloquial) to scribble, to scrawl
- to deface (with writing or imagery)
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German smirwen inherited from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*smirwijaną
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Smeargate English
- antismear English
- asmear English
- besmear English
- besmirk English
- cytosmear English
- smear English
- smearable English
- smearer English
- smearest English
- smeareth English
- smearproof English
- smeary English
- smile-smirk English
- smirk English
- smirker English
- smirky English
- Blatt German
- Geld German
- Papier German
- Schmierblatt German
- Schmiere German
- Schmierer German
- Schmiergeld German
- Schmierpapier German
- Schmierzettel German
- Schmieröl German
- Zettel German
- beschmieren German
- Öl German
- smeer Dutch, Flemish
- chimia Portuguese
- *smerwą Proto-Germanic
- *smirwijaną Proto-Germanic
- smerian Old English
- smeren Middle English
- smirken Middle English
- smyrja Old Norse
- smyrva Old Norse
- ŝmiraĵo Esperanto
- ŝmiri Esperanto
- smirwen Old High German
- bäischmieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- schmieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- סטאַשקעשמיר Yiddish
- שמיר Yiddish
- שמירן Yiddish
- שמירקעז Yiddish
- *smirwen Old Dutch
- schmirre Alemannic German
- Schmier Hunsrik