Schauer
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Schauer (plural Schauers)
- A surname.
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German schūr, from Old High German scūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūr, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō. Cognate with Dutch schoer, English shower, Swedish skur.
Noun edit
Schauer m (strong, genitive Schauers, plural Schauer)
- (meteorology) shower (brief period of precipitation)
- (figurative) shower (instance of something bursting forth like a rainshower)
- Synonym: Schwall
- shudder, shiver, sudden thrill
- Synonym: Schauder
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German schūr, from Old High German scūr, northern variant of skiura, whence Scheuer (“shed, barn”).
Noun edit
Schauer n or m (strong, genitive Schauers, plural Schauer)
- (archaic or dialectal) roof or open shed for taking shelter
- Synonyms: Wetterdach, Schutzdach, Schutzhütte
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Etymology 3 edit
From Middle High German schouwære, from Old High German schouwāri. Equivalent to schauen + -er.
Noun edit
Schauer m (strong, genitive Schauers, plural Schauer)
- (rare) agent noun of schauen: one who looks
- (obsolete as simplex, archaic in compounds) inspector, one who inspects (e.g. the quality of goods)
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Etymology 4 edit
19th century, from Low German Schauer, from Dutch sjouwer, derived from sjouwen, from West Frisian sjouwe.
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Schauer m (strong, genitive Schauers, plural Schauer)
- (nautical, archaic or historical, often in the form Schauermann) dock worker who loads and unloads ships, lumper
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German schūre, from Old High German scūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō. Cognate with German Schauer, Dutch schoer, English shower.
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Schauer f (plural Schaueren)
- shower (brief period of precipitation)