scheren.
to cut back something that grows
Meaning & usage
to cut back something that grows to shear (sheep etc.)
Wenn Schafe nicht geschoren werden, können sie sich vor lauter Wolle nicht mehr bewegen.
to cut back something that grows to clip, prune (a hedge)
to cut back something that grows to cut, shave, trim (hair)
to exploit; to defraud of, cheat for
Bei dem Vertrag haben sie uns ganz schön geschoren.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German schërn, from Old High German skëran, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Akin to Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, West Frisian skarre, English shear, Danish skære.
to bother (someone); to trouble (someone), to be of interest (to someone)
Was schert mich das?
Das schert mich einen Dreck!
to care (about something); to mind (something)
Scher dich um deinen eigenen Kram!
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German schërn, from Old High German skëran, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran, from Proto-Germanic *skeraną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Akin to Low German scheren, Dutch scheren, West Frisian skarre, English shear, Danish skære.
to go into a certain direction
to scram; to beat it
to shear, to apply a shearing transformation to (displacing each point of a geometric figure in fixed direction by an amount proportional to its signed distance, thus preserving the area of the figure.)
ein Rechteck zu einem Parallelogramm scheren
ein geschertes Rechteck verwandelt sich in ein Parallelogramm
Where this word comes from
From Late Middle High German schern (“to hurry, to escape”), first attested in the 15th century. Of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old High German scerōn (“to be exuberant; to rest”). If so ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). See also Old High German scerdo (“hinge”), Latin cardō (“hinge”), Lithuanian kárti (“to hang”).
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