Geschirr

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German geschirre (“harness, gear”), from Old High German giskirri, giscirri (literally “the trimmed (thing)”), from skeran (“to shear”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną. Cognate with German Geschirr.

Noun

Geschirr n (Uri)

1. dishware
2. yoke

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 74.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German geschirre (“harness, gear”), from Old High German giskirri, giscirri (literally “the trimmed (thing)”), from skeran (“to shear”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną. Cognate with Alemannic German Geschirr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʃɪʁ/, [ɡɛˈʃɪɐ̯]

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Noun

Geschirr n (strong, genitive Geschirres or Geschirrs, plural Geschirre)

1. (collective) dishware
2. (obsolete) vessel, container

   Synonym: Gefäß

3. harness

Declension

Declension of Geschirr [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Geschirr	die	Geschirre
genitive	eines	des	Geschirres, Geschirrs	der	Geschirre
dative	einem	dem	Geschirr, Geschirre1	den	Geschirren
accusative	ein	das	Geschirr	die	Geschirre

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• Essgeschirr

Related terms

• Geschirrspüler
• Geschirrspülmaschine
• Geschirrtuch
• schirren

Descendants

• → Czech: kšírovat
• → Silesian: geszyra

Further reading

• “Geschirr” in Duden online
• “Geschirr”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)