schorsen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxɔr.sə(n)/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: schor‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɔrsən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schorsen, from Old French escorcier, from Vulgar Latin *excurtiō.
Verb
schorsen
- (transitive) to suspend, delay (an event, proceeding) by inserting a pause
- Synonym: opschorten
- De voorzitter schorst de zitting.
- The chairman suspends the session.
- (transitive) to suspend, temporarily depose / remove from office or from membership or enrolment in an organisation
- De verdachten worden ambtshalve geschorst.
- The suspects are suspended ex officio.
Inflection
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From schors.
Inflection
Synonyms
- ontschorsen
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