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Central Franconian
- scharp (eastern Ripuarian)
- scharf (Moselle Franconian; now alternatively in Ripuarian via German)
Etymology
From Old High German (*)scarp, northern variant of scarf, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, with regular -ar- → -ęr- before a non-dental consonant. Compare the same in Dutch scherp.
Pronunciation
Adjective
schärp (masculine schärpe, feminine and plural schärpe or schärp, comparative schärper, superlative et schärpste)
- (central and western Ripuarian) sharp
Pass op! Dat Metz es ärch schärp.- Be careful! That knife is very sharp.