Schere

See also: schere, Schëre, and schære

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schære, from Old High German scāri, plural of scār, from Proto-West Germanic *skeran. The spelling with -e- (instead of Schäre) is East Central German, probably reinforced by the related verb scheren (“to shear”). Cognate with Dutch schaar, English shears.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeːrə/, [ˈʃeːʁə]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: (many speakers, chiefly northern and eastern regions) Schäre
• Rhymes: -eːʁə

Noun

Schere f (genitive Schere, plural Scheren)

1. a pair of scissors, shears

   Kann ich mir eben deine Schere ausleihen?

   Can I borrow your scissors for a minute?

2. (zoology) a pair of pincers (on a crab)
3. (figuratively) a gap, especially a widening one

   die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich

   the (widening) gap between the poor and rich

Declension

Declension of Schere [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schere	die	Scheren
genitive	einer	der	Schere	der	Scheren
dative	einer	der	Schere	den	Scheren
accusative	eine	die	Schere	die	Scheren

Hyponyms

• Blechschere
• Haushaltsschere
• Heckenschere
• Kabelschere
• Küchenschere
• Kunststoffschere
• Metallschere
• Nagelschere
• Papierschere
• Plastikschere
• Tafelschere

Related terms

• Scherenblatt
• Scherengitter
• Scherengriff
• Scherenkrebs
• Scherenschleifer
• Scherenschnabel
• Scherenschnitt
• Scherentreppe
• Scherenzaun

Further reading

• “Schere” in Duden online
• “Schere”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)