stur
See also: stùr and šťúr
English
Pronunciation
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(r)
Verb
stur (third-person singular simple present sturs, present participle sturring, simple past and past participle sturred)
- (largely obsolete) Alternative spelling of stir
Anagrams
- Rust, UTRs, rust, ruts, turs
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- sturu
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus. Compare Romanian stur. Cf. also Albanian shtyllë.
Noun
stur n
- pillar, column
- post
Derived terms
- sturusescu
See also
- stil, durec
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō.
Verb
stur (past participle stut)
- to be, it's past participle is used as an auxiliary verb with saite
Elfdalian
Etymology
From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *stōraz. Cognate with Swedish stor.
Adjective
stur
- big, large
Antonyms
- litn
German
Etymology
Via German Low German from Middle Low German stūr. The word is first attested in standard German in the 19th century, but speedily became part of the core vocabulary. Cognate with Dutch stoer (itself a form of dialectal origin).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtuːɐ̯/
- Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
Audio (file)
Adjective
stur (comparative sturer, superlative am stursten)
- stubborn
Declension
Positive forms of stur
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist stur | sie ist stur | es ist stur | sie sind stur | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | sturer | sture | stures | sture |
| genitive | sturen | sturer | sturen | sturer | |
| dative | sturem | sturer | sturem | sturen | |
| accusative | sturen | sture | stures | sture | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der sture | die sture | das sture | die sturen |
| genitive | des sturen | der sturen | des sturen | der sturen | |
| dative | dem sturen | der sturen | dem sturen | den sturen | |
| accusative | den sturen | die sture | das sture | die sturen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein sturer | eine sture | ein stures | (keine) sturen |
| genitive | eines sturen | einer sturen | eines sturen | (keiner) sturen | |
| dative | einem sturen | einer sturen | einem sturen | (keinen) sturen | |
| accusative | einen sturen | eine sture | ein stures | (keine) sturen | |
Comparative forms of stur
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist sturer | sie ist sturer | es ist sturer | sie sind sturer | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | sturerer | sturere | stureres | sturere |
| genitive | stureren | sturerer | stureren | sturerer | |
| dative | sturerem | sturerer | sturerem | stureren | |
| accusative | stureren | sturere | stureres | sturere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der sturere | die sturere | das sturere | die stureren |
| genitive | des stureren | der stureren | des stureren | der stureren | |
| dative | dem stureren | der stureren | dem stureren | den stureren | |
| accusative | den stureren | die sturere | das sturere | die stureren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein sturerer | eine sturere | ein stureres | (keine) stureren |
| genitive | eines stureren | einer stureren | eines stureren | (keiner) stureren | |
| dative | einem stureren | einer stureren | einem stureren | (keinen) stureren | |
| accusative | einen stureren | eine sturere | ein stureres | (keine) stureren | |
Superlative forms of stur
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am stursten | sie ist am stursten | es ist am stursten | sie sind am stursten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | sturster | sturste | sturstes | sturste |
| genitive | stursten | sturster | stursten | sturster | |
| dative | sturstem | sturster | sturstem | stursten | |
| accusative | stursten | sturste | sturstes | sturste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der sturste | die sturste | das sturste | die stursten |
| genitive | des stursten | der stursten | des stursten | der stursten | |
| dative | dem stursten | der stursten | dem stursten | den stursten | |
| accusative | den stursten | die sturste | das sturste | die stursten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein sturster | eine sturste | ein sturstes | (keine) stursten |
| genitive | eines stursten | einer stursten | eines stursten | (keiner) stursten | |
| dative | einem stursten | einer stursten | einem stursten | (keinen) stursten | |
| accusative | einen stursten | eine sturste | ein sturstes | (keine) stursten | |
Synonyms
- dickköpfig
- eigensinnig
Derived terms
- Sturheit
- Sturkopf
Further reading
- stur in Duden online
Norn
Etymology
From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *stōraz.
Adjective
stur
- big
- tall
Romanian
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus.
Noun
stur m (plural sturi)
- (rare, dated) icicle
- (rare, dated, regional) low quality salt that is disposed of
- (rare, dated, regional) soot, lampblack
- (rare, dated, regional) slag, dross
Declension
declension of stur
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) stur | sturul | (niște) sturi | sturii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) stur | sturului | (unor) sturi | sturilor |
| vocative | sturule | sturilor | ||
Synonyms
- (icicle): țurțur
- (soot): funingine
- (slag): zgură