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scheuern.

to scrub, scour (wash by rubbing with force)

8 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃɔʏ̯əʁn/[ˈʃɔʏ̯.ɐn]
  1. to scrub, scour (wash by rubbing with force)

    transitive · weak
  2. to chafe, fret (to wear or hurt by rubbing)

    intransitive · transitive · weak
    Der Rucksack scheuert mich.
    Der Rucksack scheuert mich/mir am Rücken.
  3. to rub (oneself or a body part) on something

    reflexive · transitive · weak
    Das Pferd scheuert seinen Hals am Zaun.
    Das Pferd scheuert sich am Zaun.
  4. to slap

    colloquial · weak
    Sie hat ihm eine gescheuert.
Where this word comes from

An originally Central and Low German word, from northern Middle High German schiuren and Middle Low German schǖren (both 14th c.). Further origin uncertain, but probably from Old French escurer (“to clean off”), from Late Latin excurare (literally “to treat thoroughly”), from Latin ex- + curare. If so, borrowed through Middle Dutch schuren (13th c., modern schuren), otherwise cognate with it. See English scour for more.

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