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English
Etymology
From Dutch scherm. Doublet of screen.
Noun
scherm (plural scherms)
- A temporary shelter made from branches.
1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company, published 1907, page 53:e went to work to build a "scherm" near one of the pools and about a hundred yards to the right of it. This is done by cutting a quantity of thorn bushes and piling them in the shape of a circular hedge. Then the space enclosed is smoothed, and dry tambouki grass, if obtainable, is made into a bed in the centre, and a fire or fires lighted.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch scherm, from Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi, from Proto-Germanic *skirmiz.
Noun
scherm n (plural schermen, diminutive schermpje n)
- screen, protection
- awning, sunblind
- display screen, monitor
- (botany) umbel
- Synonym: bloemscherm
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
scherm
- inflection of schermen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch skirm, from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi.
Noun
scherm n or m
- protective screen
- protection, cover
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
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