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
Conjugation
Conjugation of schermen (weak)
infinitive schermen
past singular schermde
past participle geschermd
infinitive schermen
gerund schermen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular scherm schermde
2nd person sing. (jij) schermt, scherm2 schermde
2nd person sing. (u) schermt schermde
2nd person sing. (gij) schermt schermde
3rd person singular schermt schermde
plural schermen schermden
subjunctive sing.1 scherme schermde
subjunctive plur.1 schermen schermden
imperative sing. scherm
imperative plur.1 schermt
participles schermend geschermd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

schermen

  1. plural of scherm
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