schuw
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sxyu̯/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schuw
- Rhymes: -yu̯
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch schu. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adjective
schuw (comparative schuwer, superlative schuwst)
- (animals) shy of humans, wild
- (people) shy, unsociable
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
- werkschuw
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sku
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
schuw
- first-person singular present indicative of schuwen
- imperative of schuwen