zuur

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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zuur (comparative zuurder, superlative zuurst)

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

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

Noun

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zuur n (plural zuren, diminutive zuurtje n)

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