schuw

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sxyu̯/
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Hyphenation: schuw
Rhymes: -yu̯

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

schuw (comparative schuwer, superlative schuwst)

(animals) shy of humans, wild
(people) shy, unsociable
(people) evasive, shunning

Inflection

Inflection 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

Descendants

Afrikaans: sku
→ Papiamentu: skiu, skuw

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

schuw

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

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