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单词 schier
释义

schier

See also: Schier

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German schier, from Old High German skiaro (fast, immediately). Cognate with German schier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiər/

Adverb

schier

  1. almost, nearly

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sxiːr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: schier
  • Rhymes: -iːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schiere, from Old Dutch *skīr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz.

Adverb

schier

  1. (formal) almost
  2. (obsolete) quickly
Derived terms
  • schiereiland

Adjective

schier (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, dialectal) fast, quick
Inflection
Inflection of schier
uninflectedschier
inflectedschiere
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbialschier
indefinitem./f. sing.schiere
n. sing.schier
pluralschiere
definiteschiere
partitiveschiers

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch schier, from Old Dutch scieri, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].

Adjective

schier (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) neat, tidy, proper
  2. (archaic, dialectal) grey, in particular light grey
  3. (dialectal, especially of soil) infertile
  4. (dialectal, of cattle) lean, well-shaped, not fat
  5. (obsolete) white
Inflection
Inflection of schier
uninflectedschier
inflectedschiere
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbialschier
indefinitem./f. sing.schiere
n. sing.schier
pluralschiere
definiteschiere
partitiveschiers
Derived terms
  • Schiermonnikoog

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːɐ̯/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schir (immediate, quick) (adv. schire), Old High German skeri (sharp, acute, quick, rapid), likely cognate with Old Church Slavonic скоръ (skorŭ, rapid) (Russian ско́рый (skóryj)), Limburgish skėrỹs (grasshopper), Ancient Greek σκαίρειν (skaírein, to jump); if so, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (to move, sway, swing, jump).[1]

Grimm assumes partial conflation with scheir (pure, bright) (English sheer).

Adjective

schier (strong nominative masculine singular schierer, comparative schierer, superlative am schiersten)

  1. next, adjacent, immediate, soon, sudden
Declension

Adverb

schier

  1. soon, nearly, almost
    Synonyms: fast, beinahe
    • 1545, Martin Luther transl., Biblia: Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Deudsch, Auffs new zugericht, Isaiah 21:11:
      Hüter ist die nacht schier hin?
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 933-35

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German, adopted in High German in the 18th century, the High German equivalent scheir gradually falling out of use; or from Middle High German schīr, all ultimately from the root of scheinen (to shine).

Cognate with scheuern (to scour), English sheer, Proto-Germanic *skīriz (pure, sheer).

Adjective

schier (strong nominative masculine singular schierer, comparative schierer, superlative am schiersten)

  1. pure, clear, bright, sheer
    Synonyms: bloß, rein
  2. (of meat) without bones, fat, or tendons
Declension

Further reading

  • schier, fast, nahezu” in Duden online}
  • schier, bloß, genuin, pur” in Duden online
  • schier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German schîr, from Old Saxon skīr, Proto-West Germanic *skīr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (luster, gloss, shadow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃiːɾ/

Adjective

schier (comparative schierer, superlative schierst)

  1. pure, clear, bright, sheer
  2. clean
  3. neat, tidy
  4. pure, unmixed, unblended
  5. (together with maken) finished, disposed, clean

References

  • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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