scherp
Dutch (Brabantic)
/sxɛrp/
adj
Definitions
- sharp, able to cut easily
- alert, on the ball
- clever, intelligent, witty
- acute, having a small angle
- in focus, clearly visible, not blurry
- (of food) hot, spicy
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch scharp inherited from Old Dutch skarp inherited from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skarpaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- besharp English
- cardsharp English
- demisharp English
- oversharp English
- sharp English
- sharpbill English
- sharpen English
- sharper English
- sharpfin English
- sharpie English
- sharpish English
- sharpling English
- sharply English
- sharpness English
- sharpshooting English
- sharpster English
- sharptail English
- sharptailed English
- supersharp English
- ultrasharp English
- unsharp English
- Scharfmacher German
- Scharfrichter German
- Scharfsinn German
- Schärfe German
- messerscharf German
- rasiermesserscharf German
- rattenscharf German
- scharf German
- scharfkantig German
- scharfzüngig German
- unscharf German
- scarpa Italian
- onscherp Dutch, Flemish
- rechter Dutch, Flemish
- scherprechter Dutch, Flemish
- scherpschutter Dutch, Flemish
- scherpstellen Dutch, Flemish
- scherpzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- scherpzinnigheid Dutch, Flemish
- schutter Dutch, Flemish
- stellen Dutch, Flemish
- vlijm Dutch, Flemish
- vlijmscherp Dutch, Flemish
- escarpe French
- *(s)kerb(ʰ) Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kerb- Proto-Indo-European
- *skarpaz Proto-Germanic
- シャープ Japanese
- scearp Old English
- sċearp Old English
- scharp Middle English
- skarpr Old Norse
- ชาร์ป Thai
- scharp Middle Dutch
- scharprechter Middle Dutch
- (*)scarp Old High German
- scarf Old High German
- scarf(i), scarf Old High German
- skerp Afrikaans
- skerpskutter Afrikaans
- scharf Middle High German
- schaarf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- skarp Old Dutch
- skarp Old Saxon
- scharpf Alemannic German
- skèrpi Papiamentu
- schärp Central Franconian