scherf
See also: Scherf
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch scherve, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *skarfaz, related to *skeraną (“to cut”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scherf f (plural scherven, diminutive scherfje n)
- A shard.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Papiamentu: skerfi
Further reading edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.