beurs
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch borse, from Old French bourse, from Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa).
Noun edit
beurs f (plural beurzen, diminutive beursje n)
- A purse, both as object or capital.
- Various objects of similar shape.
- A stock exchange or exchange market for goods; also used absolutely for the financial sector.
- A fair, event or place where specific goods, services or know-how are physically presented and usually traded or bartered, often aimed at collectors; a trade fair.
- A stipend provided by a foundation or other benefactor for a particular purpose, e.g. a scholarship.
Derived terms edit
- markets
- aandelenbeurs
- beursagent
- beurskrach
- beursbengel
- beurscommissie
- beurskoers
- beurskrach
- beursmakelaar
- beurswaarde
- goederenbeurs
- optiebeurs
- event
- stipend
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: beurs
- Negerhollands: beers
- → Danish: børs
- → German: Börse
- → Norwegian: børs
- → Papiamentu: bèshi, bersji
- → Russian: би́ржа (bírža) (possibly via German)
- → Swedish: börs
- → West Frisian: beurs
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown
Adjective edit
beurs (comparative beurser, superlative meest beurs or beurst)
Inflection edit
| Inflection of beurs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | beurs | |||
| inflected | beurse | |||
| comparative | beurser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | beurs | beurser | het beurst het beurste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | beurse | beursere | beurste |
| n. sing. | beurs | beurser | beurste | |
| plural | beurse | beursere | beurste | |
| definite | beurse | beursere | beurste | |
| partitive | beurs | beursers | — | |
French edit
Noun edit
beurs m
Anagrams edit
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch beurs, from Middle Dutch borse, from Old French bourse, from Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa).
Noun edit
beurs c (plural beurzen, diminutive beurske)
- A purse.
- A stock exchange.