zieren

From Middle High German zieren, from Old High German ziarōn, from Proto-West Germanic *tiarī (“neat, splendid”), a formation related to Proto-Germanic *tairiz (“clear”) (whence Old Norse tærr (“clear (water)”))^[1] and perhaps Lithuanian dyrė́ti (“to look”).^[2]

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zieren (weak, third-person singular present ziert, past tense zierte, past participle geziert, auxiliary haben)

1. to decorate
2. (reflexive) to make a fuss

• Zieren
• verzieren

• “zieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “zieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “zieren” in Duden online
• “zieren” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Middle High German zeren, from Old High German zeren, from Proto-Germanic *tarjaną, partly merged in Middle High German with related Old High German zeran, from Proto-Germanic *teraną. Cognate with German zehren.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡siəʀən/

zieren (third-person singular present ziert, past participle geziert, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to live on, to feed on
2. to undermine, to wear out

• Zier (“provisions”)