"Schirm" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɪʁm/, /ˈʃiːɐ̯m/ (note: some speakers in Westphalia) Audio: De-Schirm.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German schirm, scherm, from Old High German skerm, skirm (“screen”), from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi (“fur, pelt, covering, screen”). More at screen. Compare scrim. Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|schirm}} Middle High German schirm, {{inh|de|goh|skerm}} Old High German skerm, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*skirmi||fur, pelt, covering, screen}} Proto-West Germanic *skirmi (“fur, pelt, covering, screen”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s|dim=chen}} Schirm m (strong, genitive Schirmes or Schirms, plural Schirme, diminutive Schirmchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s}} Forms: Schirmes [genitive], Schirms [genitive], Schirme [plural], Schirmchen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Schirm [nominative, singular], Schirme [definite, nominative, plural], Schirmes [genitive, singular], Schirms [genitive, singular], Schirme [definite, genitive, plural], Schirm [dative, singular], Schirme [dative, singular], Schirmen [dative, definite, plural], Schirm [accusative, singular], Schirme [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. screen (movable protective cover)
    umbrella (thin fabric cover stretched on a frame with a longer shaft)
    Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Schirm-de-noun--ahef9G8 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 17 45
  2. screen (movable protective cover)
    bill, peak (of a cap)
    Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Schirm-de-noun-AXLpMe5C Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 17 45
  3. clipping of Bildschirm (“screen, monitor”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, masculine, strong Alternative form of: Bildschirm (extra: screen, monitor)
    Sense id: en-Schirm-de-noun-pfGhQUVO Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 18 10 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 17 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 26 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "auf dem Schirm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Bildschirm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Fallschirm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Lampenschirm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Regenschirm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "schirmen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "schirmförmig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Schirmherr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Schirmmütze"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Schirmständer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Schutzschirm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Sonnenschirm"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "sermi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "širma",
      "word": "ширма"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "schirm"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German schirm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "skerm"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German skerm",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
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        "3": "*skirmi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fur, pelt, covering, screen"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *skirmi (“fur, pelt, covering, screen”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German schirm, scherm, from Old High German skerm, skirm (“screen”), from Proto-West Germanic *skirmi (“fur, pelt, covering, screen”).\nMore at screen. Compare scrim.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schirmes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirms",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirmchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirmes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirms",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirmen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s",
        "dim": "chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Schirm m (strong, genitive Schirmes or Schirms, plural Schirme, diminutive Schirmchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 17 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "screen (movable protective cover)",
        "umbrella (thin fabric cover stretched on a frame with a longer shaft)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schirm-de-noun--ahef9G8",
      "links": [
        [
          "screen",
          "screen"
        ],
        [
          "umbrella",
          "umbrella"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "37 17 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "screen (movable protective cover)",
        "bill, peak (of a cap)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schirm-de-noun-AXLpMe5C",
      "links": [
        [
          "screen",
          "screen"
        ],
        [
          "bill",
          "bill"
        ],
        [
          "peak",
          "peak"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "word": "Bildschirm"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 17 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 26 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clipping of Bildschirm (“screen, monitor”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Schirm-de-noun-pfGhQUVO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Bildschirm",
          "Bildschirm#German"
        ],
        [
          "monitor",
          "monitor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "clipping",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪʁm/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Schirm.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/24/De-Schirm.ogg/De-Schirm.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/De-Schirm.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃiːɐ̯m/",
      "note": "some speakers in Westphalia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schirm"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "auf dem Schirm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bildschirm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fallschirm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lampenschirm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Regenschirm"
    },
    {
      "word": "schirmen"
    },
    {
      "word": "schirmförmig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schirmherr"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schirmmütze"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schirmständer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schutzschirm"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sonnenschirm"
    }
  ],
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "sermi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "širma",
      "word": "ширма"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "skerm"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "4": "",
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      },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Schirmes",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirms",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirmchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirmes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirms",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirmen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Schirme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,(e)s",
        "dim": "chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Schirm m (strong, genitive Schirmes or Schirms, plural Schirme, diminutive Schirmchen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "screen (movable protective cover)",
        "umbrella (thin fabric cover stretched on a frame with a longer shaft)"
      ],
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        [
          "screen",
          "screen"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "screen (movable protective cover)",
        "bill, peak (of a cap)"
      ],
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        [
          "screen",
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        ],
        [
          "bill",
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
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          "word": "Bildschirm"
        }
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        "German clippings"
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          "Bildschirm",
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Germany",
        "Berlin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃiːɐ̯m/",
      "note": "some speakers in Westphalia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Schirm"
}

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