stuur
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /styr/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: stuur
- Rhymes: -yr
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch stier, stuur, from the root of Etymology 2 below. For the obsolete sense βtaxβ, compare German Steuer; the original meaning was "support."
Noun
stuur n (plural sturen, diminutive stuurtje n)
- A steering device, notably a steering wheel in a vehicle or handlebars on a bicycle.
- (figuratively) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het stuur) Control.
- (obsolete) A tax, a levy.
Derived terms
- autostuur
- fietsstuur
- racestuur
- stuurbocht
- stuurhuis
- stuurhut
- stuurkabel
- stuurlint
- stuurpen
- stuurtas
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Anagrams
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