Schürze

German

Etymology

First attested in the 17th century and hence hardly inherited within High German. Probably from Middle Low German schörte, from Old Saxon *skurtia, from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā.

Adapted to the High German consonantism by conflation with related Late Middle High German schurz (modern German Schurz), a nominalisation of the adjective schurz (“short”), from Old High German schurz, from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz. Cognate with English shirt and short, respectively.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʏʁtsə/, [ˈʃʏɐ̯tsə]
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Noun

Schürze f (genitive Schürze, plural Schürzen, diminutive Schürzchen n)

  1. apron

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

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Schürze” in Duden online
  • “Schürze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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