schimmern

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German, from Middle Low German schēmeren or Middle Dutch schemmern, intensive form of schemen (to flash, blink), ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (to shine).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪmɐn/
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Verb

schimmern (weak, third-person singular present schimmert, past tense schimmerte, past participle geschimmert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to glimmer, to shimmer
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 76:
      Auf der breiten Waldstraße, im kühlen Herbstschatten der Tannen, durch die ein mattblauer Himmel schimmerte, begegneten sich die Freunde.
      On the broad forest road, in the cool autumn shadow of the fir trees, through which a pale blue sky was shimmering, the two friends met.

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Further reading

  • schimmern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schimmern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schimmern” in Duden online
  • schimmern” in OpenThesaurus.de