zuur

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zyr/, ,
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  • 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
Declension of zuur
uninflected zuur
inflected zure
comparative zuurder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial zuur zuurder het zuurst
het zuurste
indefinite m./f. sing. zure zuurdere zuurste
n. sing. zuur zuurder zuurste
plural zure zuurdere zuurste
definite zure zuurdere zuurste
partitive zuurs zuurders —
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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