schmieren
Luxemburgeois
/ˈʃmiəʀən/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to smear, to spread
- (transitive) to grease, to lubricate
- (transitive) to bribe, to butter up
- (intransitive) to scrawl, to write messily
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
- cytosmear English
- smear English
- smearable English
- smearer English
- smearest English
- smeareth English
- smearproof English
- smeary English
- Schmierblatt German
- Schmierer German
- Schmiergeld German
- Schmierpapier German
- Schmierzettel German
- Schmieröl German
- beschmieren German
- schmieren German
- aansmeren Dutch, Flemish
- besmeren Dutch, Flemish
- insmeren Dutch, Flemish
- smeer Dutch, Flemish
- smeerkaas Dutch, Flemish
- smeerlap Dutch, Flemish
- smeersel Dutch, Flemish
- smeren Dutch, Flemish
- smerig Dutch, Flemish
- *smerwą Proto-Germanic
- *smirwijaną Proto-Germanic
- smerian Old English
- smeren Middle English
- smyrja Old Norse
- smyrva Old Norse
- ŝmiri Esperanto
- smurostur Icelandic
- smyrja Icelandic
- smeren Middle Dutch
- smirwen Old High German
- bäischmieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- שמירן Yiddish
- *smirwen Old Dutch
- schmirre Alemannic German