Gur

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gur"

English

Proper noun

Gur

1. A language family, a subfamily of Niger-Congo, spoken in the Sahel and the African savanna

Adjective

Gur (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to this language family.

German

Alternative forms

• Guhr (archaic), Gühr, Gür (obsolete)

Etymology

16th century, from a Middle High German *gur(e), *gür(e). Comparable with Dutch geur (“smell, scent”), gier (“manure”), Middle Low German gȫre (“fermentation, strong odour”), Old English gyr (“mud”). Probably related with Old High German gor n (“dung”), English gore, from Proto-Germanic *gurą, but hardly directly from it. Dialectally attested as Central Franconian Jür, Jur, Gur f (“fermentation, flavour of wine”), Alemannic German Gur m (“manure”). The geological sense is from the East Central German mining regions. The further origin of these words is uncertain. Possibly from the root of gären (“to ferment”), English yeast, but the semantic connection may also be due to secondary association.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːr/, [ɡu(ː)ɐ̯]

Noun

Gur f (genitive Gur, no plural)

1. (geology, mining) mud leaking from decomposing rock, a deposit thereof, guhr
2. (obsolete or dialectal) fermentation of wine or beer

Declension

Declension of Gur [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gur
genitive	einer	der	Gur
dative	einer	der	Gur
accusative	eine	die	Gur

Derived terms

• Kieselgur (“diatomaceous earth”)

Descendants

• → English: guhr