schärp

• scharp (eastern Ripuarian)
• scharf (Moselle Franconian; now alternatively in Ripuarian via German)

From Old High German (*)scarp, northern variant of scarf, from Proto-Germanic *skarpaz, with regular -ar- → -ęr- before a non-dental consonant. Compare the same in Dutch scherp.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛʀp/, /ˈʃɛʀəp/

schärp (masculine schärpe, feminine and plural schärpe or schärp, comparative schärper, superlative et schärpste)

1. (central and western Ripuarian) sharp

   Pass op! Dat Metz es ärch schärp.

   Be careful! That knife is very sharp.