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schuw

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sxyu̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: schuw
  • Rhymes: -yu̯

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch schu, from Old Dutch *skiuhi, from Proto-West Germanic *skiuhī.

Adjective

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schuw (comparative schuwer, superlative schuwst)

  1. (animals) shy of humans, wild
  2. (people) shy, unsociable
  3. (people) evasive, shunning
Declension
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Declension of schuw
uninflected schuw
inflected schuwe
comparative schuwer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial schuw schuwer het schuwst
het schuwste
indefinite m./f. sing. schuwe schuwere schuwste
n. sing. schuw schuwer schuwste
plural schuwe schuwere schuwste
definite schuwe schuwere schuwste
partitive schuws schuwers —
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: sku
  • → Papiamentu: skiu, skuw

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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schuw

  1. inflection of schuwen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative
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