Schiefer
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃiːfɐ/
noun
Definitions
- shale, slate
- (Austria) small splinter sharp piece of wood, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German schiver inherited from Old High German skivaro.
Origin
Old High German
skivaro
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Kupfer German
- Kupferschiefer German
- Schiefertafel German
- Tafel German
- grau German
- schiefergrau German
- Öl German
- Ölschiefer German
- шифер Russian
- glimmerskifer Norwegian Bokmål
- grønnskifer Norwegian Bokmål
- leirskifer Norwegian Bokmål
- oljeskifer Norwegian Bokmål
- skifer Norwegian Bokmål
- skifertak Norwegian Bokmål
- glimmerskifer Norwegian Nynorsk
- grønskifer Norwegian Nynorsk
- leirskifer Norwegian Nynorsk
- oljeskifer Norwegian Nynorsk
- skifer Norwegian Nynorsk
- skifertak Norwegian Nynorsk
- skivaro Old High German
- schiver Middle High German
- schiver Middle Low German