skur

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish, cognate with German Schauer and English shower, Old English scur, possibly relating to Latin caurus (north-west wind)

Noun

skur c

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

   i ur och skur

   in all kinds of weather

2. (dialect) a small roof to protect against rain

Declension

Declension of skur

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skur	skuren	skurar	skurarna
genitive	skurs	skurens	skurars	skurarnas

Related terms

• hagelskur
• regnskur
• skurbad
• skurvis

See also

• skura

References

• skur in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
• skur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.