schermen

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɛrmə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: scher‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɛrmən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schermen, from Old Dutch *skirmen, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmijan.

Verb

schermen

  1. (intransitive) to fence
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to protect, to shield
Inflection
Inflection of schermen (weak)
infinitive schermen
past singular schermde
past participle geschermd
infinitive schermen
gerund schermen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schermschermde
2nd person sing. (jij) schermtschermde
2nd person sing. (u) schermtschermde
2nd person sing. (gij) schermtschermde
3rd person singular schermtschermde
plural schermenschermden
subjunctive sing.1 schermeschermde
subjunctive plur.1 schermenschermden
imperative sing. scherm
imperative plur.1 schermt
participles schermendgeschermd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

schermen

  1. plural of scherm
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