# schier
## Alemannic German
### Etymology

From Middle High German schier, from Old High German skiaro (“fast, immediately”). Cognate with German schier.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiər/

### Adverb

schier
* almost, nearly

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sxiːr/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: schier
* Rhymes: -iːr

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schiere, from Old Dutch *skīr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz.

#### Adverb

schier
* (formal) almost
* (obsolete) quickly

##### Derived terms

* schiereiland

#### Adjective

schier (not comparable)
* (archaic, dialectal) fast, quick

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch schier, from Old Dutch scieri, from Proto-Germanic [Term?].

#### Adjective

schier (not comparable)
* (dialectal) neat, tidy, proper
* (archaic, dialectal) grey, in particular light grey
* (dialectal, especially of soil) infertile
* (dialectal, of cattle) lean, well-shaped, not fat
* (obsolete) white

##### Derived terms

* Schiermonnikoog

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiːɐ̯/

### Etymology 1

From Middle High German schir (“immediate, quick”) (adv. schire), Old High German skeri (“sharp, acute, quick, rapid”), likely cognate with Old Church Slavonic скоръ (skorŭ, “rapid”) (Russian ско́рый (skóryj)), Lithuanian skėrỹs (“grasshopper”), Ancient Greek σκαίρειν (skaírein, “to jump”); if so, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerd- (“to move, sway, swing, jump”).
Grimm assumes partial conflation with scheir (“pure, bright”) (English sheer).

#### Adjective

schier (strong nominative masculine singular schierer, comparative schierer, superlative am schiersten)
* next, adjacent, immediate, soon, sudden

##### Declension
#### Adverb

schier
* soon, nearly, almost
    Synonyms: fast, beinahe
** 1545, Martin Luther, transl., Biblia: Das ist: Die gantze Heilige Schrifft, Deudsch, Auffs new zugericht, Isaiah 21:11:Hüter ist die nacht schier hin?(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### References

* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “933-35”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 933-35

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German, adopted in High German in the 18th century, the High German equivalent scheir gradually falling out of use; or from Middle High German schīr, all ultimately from the root of scheinen (“to shine”).
Cognate with scheuern (“to scour”), English sheer, Proto-Germanic *skīriz (“pure, sheer”).

#### Adjective

schier (strong nominative masculine singular schierer, comparative schierer, superlative am schiersten)
* pure, clear, bright, sheer
    Synonyms: bloß, rein
* (of meat) without bones, fat, or tendons

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “schier, fast, nahezu” in Duden online
* “schier, bloß, genuin, pur” in Duden online
* “schier” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## German Low German
### Etymology

From Middle Low German schîr, from Old Saxon skīr, Proto-West Germanic *skīr, from Proto-Germanic *skīriz, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱēy- (“luster, gloss, shadow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃiːɾ/

### Adjective

schier (comparative schierer, superlative schierst)
* pure, clear, bright, sheer
* clean
* neat, tidy
* pure, unmixed, unblended
* (together with maken) finished, disposed, clean

### References

* Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)