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zuur

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zyr/, [zyːr], [zyər]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zuur
  • Rhymes: -yr

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch suur, from Old Dutch *sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz.

Cognate with Low German suur, West Frisian soer, German sauer, English sour, Danish sur.

Adjective

zuur (comparative zuurder, superlative zuurst)

  1. sour
  2. acidic
  3. (figuratively, informal) peevish, humorless, fretful
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: suur
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: siri
  • Negerhollands: suur, schuur, syer
  • Indonesian: asam (semantic loan)
See also

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch suur, from Old Dutch *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūrą, related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun

zuur n (plural zuren, diminutive zuurtje n)

  1. (chemistry) acid
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: suur
  • Indonesian: asam (semantic loan)
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