scherf

From Middle Dutch scherve, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *skarfaz, related to *skeraną (“to cut”).

• IPA^(key): /sxɛrf/

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• Hyphenation: scherf
• Rhymes: -ɛrf

scherf f (plural scherven, diminutive scherfje n)

1. a shard

• glasscherf
• granaatscherf
• potscherf
• scherven brengen geluk

• → Papiamentu: skerfi

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Scarf”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.