scherm

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans, from Dutch. Doublet of screen.

Noun

scherm (plural scherms)

1. A temporary shelter made from branches.
   • 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company, published 1907, page 53:

     [W]e went to work to build a "scherm" near one of the pools and about a hundred yards to the right of it. This is done by cutting a quantity of thorn bushes and piling them in the shape of a circular hedge. Then the space enclosed is smoothed, and dry tambouki grass, if obtainable, is made into a bed in the centre, and a fire or fires lighted.

Anagrams

• Mersch

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛrm

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.

Noun

scherm n (plural schermen, diminutive schermpje n)

1. screen, protection
2. awning, sunblind
3. display screen, monitor
4. (botany) umbel

   Synonym: bloemscherm

Derived terms

• aanraakscherm
• beeldscherm
• bloemscherm
• computerscherm
• regenscherm
• schermbloem
• straalscherm
• valscherm
• windscherm
• zonnescherm

 

Related terms

• schermen

 

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: sekèrm
• → Indonesian: sekeram
• → Papiamentu: skèrmu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

scherm

1. inflection of schermen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi.

Noun

scherm n or m

1. protective screen
2. protection, cover

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skerm
• Dutch: scherm
• Limburgish: sjèrm

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “scherm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN