schuw

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sxyu̯/
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  • Hyphenation: schuw
  • Rhymes: -yu̯

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch schu, from Old Dutch *skiuhi, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhī.

Adjective

schuw (comparative schuwer, superlative schuwst)

  1. (animals) shy of humans, wild
  2. (people) shy, unsociable
  3. (people) evasive, shunning
Inflection
Inflection of schuw
uninflected schuw
inflected schuwe
comparative schuwer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial schuwschuwerhet schuwst
het schuwste
indefinite m./f. sing. schuweschuwereschuwste
n. sing. schuwschuwerschuwste
plural schuweschuwereschuwste
definite schuweschuwereschuwste
partitive schuwsschuwers
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sku
  • Papiamentu: skiu, skuw

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schuw

  1. inflection of schuwen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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