zuur
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)
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)