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schemeren.

to be dusky, to be in twilight

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈsxeː.mə.rə(n)/
  1. to be dusky, to be in twilight

    impersonal
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch schemeren, from a West Germanic frequentative of Proto-Germanic *skimō (“shadow, spectre”), related to *skīnaną (“to shine”). The -m- probably goes back to an old Proto-Indo-European abstract noun-forming suffix *-mo-, similar to *helmaz.

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