stuur
Meaning
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- (neuter) A steering device, notably a steering wheel in a vehicle or handlebars on a bicycle.
- (figuratively, neuter) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het stuur) Control.
- (neuter, obsolete) A tax, a levy.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/styr/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch stier, stuur, from the root of Etymology 2 below. For the obsolete sense “tax”, compare German Steuer; the original meaning was "support."
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sturen
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plural of stuur
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