scheuern

Meaning

1. (transitive,weak) to scrub, scour (wash by rubbing with force)
2. (intransitive,transitive,weak) to chafe, fret (to wear or hurt by rubbing)
3. (reflexive,transitive,weak) to rub (oneself or a body part) on something
4. (colloquial,weak) to slap

Concepts

scrub

rub

scour

chafe

be about to reach

annoint

anoint

consecrate

rub on

smear

mop

wash

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃɔʏ̯əʁn/

Etymology

An originally Central and Low German word, from northern Middle High German schiuren and Middle Low German schǖren (both 14th c.). Further origin uncertain, but probably from Old French escurer (“to clean off”), from Late Latin excurare (literally “to treat thoroughly”), from Latin ex- + curare. If so, borrowed through Middle Dutch schuren (13th c., modern schuren), otherwise cognate with it. See English scour for more.