Gescherr

Hunsrik

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈʃɛr/

Noun

Gescherr n

  1. dishware, dishes
    Das Gescherr is schun sauver.
    The dishes are already clean.
    Ich muss noch 's Gescherr spiele.
    I still have to do the dishes.

Further reading

  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Gescherr”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 66