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

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