beschmieren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German besmirwen, from Old High German bismirwen, from Proto-West Germanic *bismirwijan. By surface analysis, be- +‎ schmieren. Cognate with Dutch besmeren and English besmear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʃmiːʁən/ Hyphenation: be‧schmie‧ren === Verb === beschmieren (weak, third-person singular present beschmiert, past tense beschmierte, past participle beschmiert, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to spread, to smear (the direct object is the surface on which the substance is spread) to cover (in grafitti or other ink- or paint-based writing or images) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “beschmieren” in Duden online “beschmieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “beschmieren” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.