Gescherr

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German geschirre (“harness, gear”), from Old High German giskirri, giscirri (literally “the trimmed (thing)”), from skeran (“to shear”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈʃɛr/

Noun

Gescherr n

1. dishware, dishes

   Das Gescherr is schun sauver.

   The dishes are already clean.

   Ich muss noch 's Gescherr spiele.

   I still have to do the dishes.

Further reading

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Gescherr”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 66