schier

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German schier, from Old High German skiaro (“fast, immediately”). Cognate with German schier. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃiər/ === Adverb === schier almost, nearly == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sxiːr/ Hyphenation: schier Rhymes: -iːr === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch schiere, from Old Dutch *skīr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz. ==== Adverb ==== schier (formal) almost (obsolete) quickly ===== Derived terms ===== schiereiland ==== Adjective ==== schier (not comparable) (archaic, dialectal) fast, quick ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch schier, from Old Dutch scieri, from Proto-Germanic *skairiz. ==== Adjective ==== schier (not comparable) (dialectal) neat, tidy, proper (archaic, dialectal) grey, in particular light grey (dialectal, especially of soil) infertile (dialectal, of cattle) lean, well-shaped, not fat (obsolete) white ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Schiermonnikoog == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃiːɐ̯/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German schir (“immediate, quick”) (adv. schire), Old High German skeri (“sharp, acute, quick, rapid”), likely cognate with Old Church Slavonic скоръ (skorŭ, “rapid”) (Russian ско́рый (skóryj)), Lithuanian skėrỹs (“grasshopper”), Ancient Greek σκαίρειν (skaírein, “to jump”); if so, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”). Grimm assumes partial conflation with scheir (“pure, bright”) (English sheer). ==== Adjective ==== schier (strong nominative masculine singular schierer, comparative schierer, superlative am schiersten) next, adjacent, immediate, soon, sudden ===== Declension ===== ==== Adverb ==== schier soon, nearly, almost Synonyms: fast, beinahe schier unmöglich ― almost impossible ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Low German, adopted in High German in the 18th century, the High German equivalent scheir gradually falling out of use; or from Middle High German schīr, all ultimately from the root of scheinen (“to shine”). Cognate with scheuern (“to scour”), English sheer, Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, sheer”). ==== Adjective ==== schier (strong nominative masculine singular schierer, comparative schierer, superlative am schiersten) pure, undiluted, clear, bright, sheer Synonyms: bloß, rein (of meat, regional, chiefly Northern Germany) without bones, fat, or tendons Antonym: durchwachsen ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “schier, fast, nahezu” in Duden online “schier, bloß, genuin, pur” in Duden online “schier”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[5] (in German) == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German schîr, from Old Saxon skīr, Proto-West Germanic *skīr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (“luster, gloss, shadow”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃiːɾ/ === Adjective === schier (comparative schierer, superlative schierst) (German Low German) pure, clear, bright, sheer clean neat, tidy pure, unmixed, unblended (together with maken) finished, disposed, clean === References === Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)