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schier.

next, adjacent, immediate, soon, sudden

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ʃiːɐ̯/

  1. next, adjacent, immediate, soon, sudden

Where this word comes from

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)), Lithuanian skėrỹs (“grasshopper”), Ancient Greek σκαίρειν (skaírein, “to jump”); if so, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Grimm assumes partial conflation with scheir (“pure, bright”) (English sheer).

adj/ʃiːɐ̯/

  1. pure, undiluted, clear, bright, sheer

  2. without bones, fat, or tendons

    Northern-Germany · regional
Where this word comes from

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”).

adv/ʃiːɐ̯/

  1. soon, nearly, almost

    schier unmöglich
Where this word comes from

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)), Lithuanian skėrỹs (“grasshopper”), Ancient Greek σκαίρειν (skaírein, “to jump”); if so, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Grimm assumes partial conflation with scheir (“pure, bright”) (English sheer).

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