beschirmen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German beschirmen, from Proto-West Germanic *biskirmijan. Related to Schirm (“umbrella”), compare Schutzschirm. Cognate with Dutch beschermen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəʃɪʁmɘn/, /bəʃɪʁmn̩/ === Verb === beschirmen (weak, third-person singular present beschirmt, past tense beschirmte, past participle beschirmt, auxiliary haben) (transitive, higher register) to protect, to shield (transitive, higher register) to stretch out forming a screen (transitive, higher register) to put on a lampshade (transitive, higher register) to guard, to look after, to sentinel ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Beschirmen Beschirmung === Further reading === “beschirmen” in Duden online “beschirmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “beschirmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon