Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /styr/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: stuur
  • Rhymes: -yr

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch stier, stuur, from the root of Etymology 2 below. For the obsolete sense “tax”, compare German Steuer; the original meaning was "support."

Noun edit

stuur n (plural sturen, diminutive stuurtje n)

  1. A steering device, notably a steering wheel in a vehicle or handlebars on a bicycle.
  2. (figuratively) (used absolutely, with the definite article: het stuur) Control.
  3. (obsolete) A tax, a levy.
    Synonyms: belasting, taks
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Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: stuur
  • Caribbean Javanese: setir
  • Indonesian: setir

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

stuur

  1. inflection of sturen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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