scharf
German (Berlin)
/ʃarf/
adj
Definitions
- sharp; able to cut (knife, edge)
- sharp (criticism, perception, intellect)
- sharp; in focus (picture, script)
- hot; spicy; pungent (taste)
- hot; sexy; attractive
- hot; aroused; horny
- live (bomb or ammunition)
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German scarf inherited from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerb- (sharp, rough).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kerb-
Gloss
sharp, rough
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
鋭
Emoji
🪒
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
- -n- German
- Macher German
- Messer German
- Rasiermesser German
- Ratte German
- Richter German
- Scharfmacher German
- Scharfrichter German
- Scharfsinn German
- Schärfe German
- Sinn German
- Zunge German
- kantig German
- messerscharf German
- rasiermesserscharf German
- rattenscharf German
- scharfkantig German
- scharfzüngig German
- unscharf German
- scarpa Italian
- onscherp Dutch, Flemish
- scherp Dutch, Flemish
- scherprechter Dutch, Flemish
- scherpschutter Dutch, Flemish
- scherpstellen Dutch, Flemish
- scherpzinnig Dutch, Flemish
- vlijmscherp Dutch, Flemish
- escarpe French
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- *(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
- skarp Danish
- skarpsindig Danish
- ชาร์ป Thai
- scharp Middle Dutch
- (*)scarp Old High German
- scarf Old High German
- scarf(i), scarf Old High German
- skerp Afrikaans
- scharf Middle High German
- schaarf Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- skarp Old Dutch
- skarp Old Saxon
- scharpf Alemannic German
- skèrpi Papiamentu
- *(s)karba Proto-Albanian
- scharf Bavarian