English

Noun

scherm ‎(plural scherms)

1. A temporary shelter made from branches.
   • 1885, H. Rider Haggard, King Solomon's Mines, Cassel and Company (1907), page 53:

     ... [W]e went to work to build a "scherm" near one of the pools and about a hundred yards to the right of it. This is done by cutting a quantity of thorn bushes and piling them in the shape of a circular hedge. Then the space enclosed is smoothed, and dry tambouki grass, if obtainable, is made into a bed in the centre, and a fire or fires lighted.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛrm

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *skirmiz ‎(“fur, pelt, covering, screen”). Compare German Schirm.

Noun

scherm n ‎(plural schermen, diminutive schermpje n)

1. screen, protection
2. awning, sunblind
3. display screen, monitor
4. (botany) umbel

Derived terms

• aanraakscherm
• beeldscherm
• regenscherm
• windscherm
• zonnescherm
• schermbloemige
• afschermen
• beschermen
• schermen

Verb

scherm

1. first-person singular present indicative of schermen
2. imperative of schermen