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skur.

a shower, a burst (of sudden rain, hail, arrows, bombs, electrons, curses, data transfer, questions, etc.)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/skʉːr/
  1. a shower, a burst (of sudden rain, hail, arrows, bombs, electrons, curses, data transfer, questions, etc.)

    common-gender
  2. a small roof to protect against rain

    common-gender · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish, from Old Norse skúr. Cognate with Icelandic skúr, German Schauer, Dutch schoer, and English shower, Old English sċūr, possibly relating to Latin caurus (“north-west wind”).

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