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

• in een scheur liggen
• scheuren
• scheurmaker

Related terms

• scheren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: skeur
• → Papiamentu: sker, skeer

Etymology 2

Verb

scheur

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

Anagrams

• schure