Schleier

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German sleier, sleiger, sloiger, slogier. Of uncertain ultimate origin, but most likely borrowed; perhaps related to Latin stragulus (“covering”). Compare Middle Low German sleyer, sloier, sloiger, Middle English scleire, scleyre, sleyre, slyre (“veil”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlaɪ̯ɐ/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯ɐ === Noun === Schleier m (strong, genitive Schleiers, plural Schleier) veil haze, mist ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: szlejer === References === Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Schleir”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 === Further reading === “Schleier” in Duden online “Schleier”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlaɪ̯a/ Rhymes: -aɪ̯a Syllabification: Schlei‧er === Noun === Schleier m (plural Schleier) veil === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schleier”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch