Schur

English

Etymology

From German Schur. Alternatively, from Russian Щур (Ščur, “finch”), Ukrainian Щур (Ščur, “vole”), or Belarusian Шчур (Ščur, “finch”).

Proper noun

Schur (plural Schurs)

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Schur-concave
• Schur-concavity
• Schur-constant
• Schur-convex
• Schur-convexity
• Schur decomposition
• Schur-geometric
• Schur-harmonic
• Schur-optimal
• Schur-optimality

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schur is the 25975^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 945 individuals. Schur is most common among White (95.45%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Rusch, churs, crush

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schuor, schür, from Old High German *skuora, from Proto-Germanic *skōrō (“shearing”). Cognate with Old English scora (“a hairy garment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃuːɐ̯/

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Noun

Schur f (genitive Schur, plural Schuren)

1. (of sheep) shearing, clipping
2. (agriculture: grass, hedges, etc.) clipping; mowing; trimming

Declension

Declension of Schur [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schur	die	Schuren
genitive	einer	der	Schur	der	Schuren
dative	einer	der	Schur	den	Schuren
accusative	eine	die	Schur	die	Schuren

• (sheep): Scheren
• (agriculture): Schnitt

Hyponyms

• Schafschur
• Heckenschur

Further reading

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