scheur

Meaning

Noun

crack, fissure

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of scheuren:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of scheuren:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of scheuren:

scheuren

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

crevice

crack

tear

cleft

rent

rift

crevasse

jag

fissure

laceration

rip

rupture

flaw

split

chap

hole

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clef

cranny

gap

gape

glitch

burst

leak

snag

Synonyms

barst

kier

reet

spleet

rits

scheuring

winkelhaak

schending

breking

breuk

flap

kloof

Translations

Riss

fenda

fêlure

fessura

fissure

ρωγμή

fissura

Spalte

fente

yarık

craquelure

lézarde

grieta

Spalt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sxøːr/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: schore

Cognate with English: score

In summary

From Middle Dutch sc(h)ore (“crack, rip, tear”), scure, from Proto-Germanic *skuriz, *skuraz, related to *skeraną (“to cut”).
Cognate with English score.