Schürze

German

Etymology

First attested in the 17th century and hence hardly inherited within High German. Probably from Middle Low German schörte, from Old Saxon *skurtia, from Proto-Germanic *skurtijǭ; adapted to the High German consonantism by conflation with related Late Middle High German schurz (modern German Schurz), a nominalisation of the adjective schurz (“short”), from Old High German schurz, from Proto-Germanic *skurtaz. Cognate with English shirt and short, respectively.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃʏʁtsə/
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Noun

Schürze f (genitive Schürze, plural Schürzen, diminutive Schürzchen n)

apron

Declension

Declension of Schürze

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schürze	die	Schürzen
genitive	einer	der	Schürze	der	Schürzen
dative	einer	der	Schürze	den	Schürzen
accusative	eine	die	Schürze	die	Schürzen

Derived terms

beschürzt

Related terms

Schurz
schürzen