kuur

• IPA^(key): /kyr/, [kyːr]

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• Hyphenation: kuur
• Rhymes: -yr

From Middle Dutch cure (13th c.), from Old French cure, from Latin cūra.

kuur f (plural kuren, diminutive kuurtje n)

1. treatment, cure

• chemokuur

Attested since the 17th century. Probably the same word as in etymology 1 above. It has been explained in two ways: (1) from the sense “ailment”, which Middle Dutch cure developed (14th c.) by transfer from the treatment to that which is treated; (2) from the sense “skill, trick” (16th c.). In the latter case it may be based on the often bizarre prescriptions of pre-modern doctors.

kuur f (plural kuren, diminutive kuurtje n)

1. mood, whim, quirk

• kuren vertonen
• uitkuren

From Middle Low German schūr. Cognate with Dutch schuur, German Scheuer, Norwegian Nynorsk skur.

kuur (genitive kuuri, partitive kuuri)

1. cote, hovel, shed, barn

Ultimately from Latin cura. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

kuur (genitive kuuri, partitive kuuri)

1. systematic treatment, medical treatment