scheur

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sxøːr/
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  • Rhymes: -øːr
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sc(h)ore (“crack, rip, tear”), scure, from Proto-Germanic *skuri-, *skura-.

Cognate with English score.

Noun

scheur c (plural scheuren, diminutive scheurtje n)

  1. crack, fissure

Etymology 2

Verb

scheur

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

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