Kur

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kur"

English

Etymology 1

From Sumerian 𒆳 (kur, “mountain; netherworld”).

Proper noun

Kur

1. A mountain or mountains, usually identified as the Zagros mountains to the east of Sumer.
2. In Sumerian mythology, a dark shadowy underworld, located deep below the surface of the earth.

   Synonyms: Arali, Irkalla, Kigal, Kukku

Etymology 2

Proper noun

the Kur

1. Alternative form of Kura (“a river in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan”).
   • 1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 321:

     In the mountains near Suram is a watering-place called Burjan, to which the Imperial Lieutenant of the Caucasus retires in summer. The river Kur, the ancient Cyrus, takes its rise in that district.

Anagrams

• Kru, Ukr., Urk, rUK

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

• ꨆꨭꩉ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kur/

Proper noun

Kur

1. Khmer; Cambodia (language, people, or country)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kuːɐ̯]
• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯

Etymology 1

15th century, borrowed from Latin cura.

Noun

Kur f (genitive Kur, plural Kuren)

1. treatment at a health resort
2. (now chiefly in compounds) cure, regimen

   Synonyms: Behandlung, Heilbehandlung, Heilverfahren

Declension

Declension of Kur [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kur	die	Kuren
genitive	einer	der	Kur	der	Kuren
dative	einer	der	Kur	den	Kuren
accusative	eine	die	Kur	die	Kuren

Alternative forms

• Cur (obsolete)

Derived terms

• Abmagerungskur
• Badekur
• Brunnenkur
• Entziehungskur
• Fastenkur
• Frischzellenkur
• Hungerkur
• Kneippkur
• kuren
• Kurgast
• Kurhotel
• kurieren
• Kurort
• Kurpfuscher
• Kurschatten
• Kurtaxe
• Luftkur
• Mutter-Kind-Kur
• Radikalkur
• Saftkur
• Schlammkur
• Trinkkur
• Verjüngungskur

 

Etymology 2

From Middle High German kur(e), variant of kür(e), from Old High German kuri, from Proto-West Germanic *kuʀi. Doublet of Kür.

Noun

Kur f (genitive Kur, plural Kuren)

1. (historical) the gathering which elected the emperor (kaiser) of the Holy Roman Empire

Declension

Declension of Kur [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kur	die	Kuren
genitive	einer	der	Kur	der	Kuren
dative	einer	der	Kur	den	Kuren
accusative	eine	die	Kur	die	Kuren

Alternative forms

• Chur (archaic)

Derived terms

• Kurfürst
• Kurhut
• kurkölnisch
• Kurwürde

 

Related terms

• erkiesen
• kören
• Kür
• küren

 

Further reading

• “Kur” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kur” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Kur on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Kur (Behandlung, Pflege)” in Duden online
• “Kur (Wahl)” in Duden online