Fuhre

See also: führe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vuore (“journey, fodder”), from Old High German fuora, ultimately from the root of fahren (“to go”). Cognate with Old English fōr (“journey”)[1] and Vilamovian für.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfuːʁə/
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Noun

Fuhre f (genitive Fuhre, plural Fuhren)

  1. cartload, wagonload
  2. an instance of transporting something, a round when something is transported in several "goes"
  3. (archaic) cart, wagon

Declension
Declension of Fuhre [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Fuhre die Fuhren
genitive einer der Fuhre der Fuhren
dative einer der Fuhre den Fuhren
accusative eine die Fuhre die Fuhren

Descendants
  • → Polish: fura

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fuhre”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “Fuhre” in Duden online
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