Schmiere
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See also: schmiere
German
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Etymology 1
[edit]15th century, deverbal from schmieren.
Noun
[edit]Schmiere f (genitive Schmiere, plural Schmieren)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schmiere [feminine]
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish שמירה (shmire), from Hebrew שמירה (šəmīrā), whence also Austrian German Schmier (“police”).
Noun
[edit]Schmiere f (genitive Schmiere, plural Schmieren)
- (slang, chiefly in Schmiere stehen) guard, watch, especially during the perpetration of a crime or otherwise forbidden act
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schmiere [feminine]
References
[edit]Hunsrik
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schmiere f
References
[edit]- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schmiere”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page Schmier
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schmiere