schmieren
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German smirn, from older smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną, derived from *smerwą, whence dated German Schmer (“fat”).
The loss of -w- is mostly a Central German development; compare fahl and falb, etc. Cognate with Dutch smeren, English smear.
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Verb edit
schmieren (weak, third-person singular present schmiert, past tense schmierte, past participle geschmiert, auxiliary haben)
- to smear
- to butter (bread)
- to grease, oil, lubricate
- to bribe
- (colloquial) to scribble, to scrawl
- to deface (with writing or imagery)
- Hakenkreuze an Mauern schmieren
- to deface walls with swastikas
Conjugation edit
infinitive | schmieren | ||||
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present participle | schmierend | ||||
past participle | geschmiert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schmiere | wir schmieren | i | ich schmiere | wir schmieren |
du schmierst | ihr schmiert | du schmierest | ihr schmieret | ||
er schmiert | sie schmieren | er schmiere | sie schmieren | ||
preterite | ich schmierte | wir schmierten | ii | ich schmierte1 | wir schmierten1 |
du schmiertest | ihr schmiertet | du schmiertest1 | ihr schmiertet1 | ||
er schmierte | sie schmierten | er schmierte1 | sie schmierten1 | ||
imperative | schmier (du) schmiere (du) |
schmiert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German smirn, from older smirwen, from Old High German smirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną.
Cognate with German schmieren, Dutch smeren, English smear, Icelandic smyrja.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
schmieren (third-person singular present schmiert, past participle geschmiert, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to smear, to spread
- (transitive) to grease, to lubricate
- (transitive) to bribe, to butter up
- (intransitive) to scrawl, to write messily
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | schmieren | |
participle | geschmiert | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | schmieren | — |
2nd singular | schmiers | schmier |
3rd singular | schmiert | — |
1st plural | schmieren | — |
2nd plural | schmiert | schmiert |
3rd plural | schmieren | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |