beschmieren

German

Etymology

be- +‎ schmieren

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəˈʃmiːʁən/
  • Hyphenation: be‧schmie‧ren
  • Audio(file)

Verb

beschmieren (weak, third-person singular present beschmiert, past tense beschmierte, past participle beschmiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to spread, smear (the direct object is the surface on which the substance is spread)
    Er beschmierte sein Brot mit Marmelade.
    He spread jam on his bread
    Der Häftling beschmierte die Wand mit seinen Fäkalien.
    The inmate smeared his feces on the wall.
  2. to cover in graffiti
    Die Schüler beschmieren die Schultische.
    The pupils write all over the desks.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.