scheur

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sxøːr/
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  • Hyphenation: scheur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sc(h)ore (“crack, rip, tear”), scure, from Proto-Germanic *skuriz, *skuraz, related to *skeraną (“to cut”).

Cognate with English score.

Noun

scheur f (plural scheuren, diminutive scheurtje n)

  1. crack, fissure
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: skeur
  • → Papiamentu: sker, skeer

Verb

scheur

  1. inflection of scheuren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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