schmieren.
to smear, to spread (a cream or similar substance across across a surface)
Meaning & usage
to smear, to spread (a cream or similar substance across across a surface)
to butter (bread, etc.)
ein Butterbrot schmieren
to grease, to oil, to lubricate
to bribe
Wir können durch die Hintertür rein, ich habe den Wachmann geschmiert.
to scribble, to scrawl
to scrawl (deface a surface with grafitti or something similar)
Hakenkreuze an Mauern schmieren
Where this word comes from
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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