Schürze

German

Etymology

First attested in the 17th century and hence hardly inherited within High German. Probably from Middle Low German schörte, from Old Saxon *skurtia, from Proto-West Germanic *skurtijā.

Adapted to the High German consonantism by conflation with related Late Middle High German schurz (modern German Schurz), a nominalisation of the adjective schurz (“short”), from Old High German schurz, from Proto-West Germanic *skurt, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz. Cognate with English shirt and short, respectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʏʁtsə/, [ˈʃʏɐ̯tsə]

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Noun

Schürze f (genitive Schürze, plural Schürzen, diminutive Schürzchen n)

1. apron

Declension

Declension of Schürze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schürze	die	Schürzen
genitive	einer	der	Schürze	der	Schürzen
dative	einer	der	Schürze	den	Schürzen
accusative	eine	die	Schürze	die	Schürzen

Derived terms

• beschürzt

Related terms

• Schurz
• schürzen

Further reading

• “Schürze” in Duden online
• “Schürze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache