beurs
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bøːrs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: beurs
- Rhymes: -øːrs
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch borse, from Old French bourse, from Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa).
Noun
beurs f (plural beurzen, diminutive beursje n)
- purse, both as object and treasury
- bursary
- scholarship
- stock exchange
- event or place where goods are exchanged; a trade fair
Derived terms
- aandelenbeurs
- basisbeurs
- binnenbeurs
- boekenbeurs
- doctoraatsbeurs
- handelsbeurs
- optiebeurs
- ruilbeurs
- studiebeurs
- vakbeurs
- beursbericht
- beurscommissie
- beurskoers
- beurskrach
- beurzensnijder
Etymology 2
Unknown
Adjective
beurs (comparative beurser, superlative meest beurs or beurst)
- bruised, hence sore
Inflection
| Inflection of beurs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | beurs | |||
| inflected | beurse | |||
| comparative | beurser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | beurs | beurser | het beurst het beurste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | beurse | beursere | beurste |
| n. sing. | beurs | beurser | beurste | |
| plural | beurse | beursere | beurste | |
| definite | beurse | beursere | beurste | |
| partitive | beurs | beursers | — | |
French
Noun
beurs m
- plural of beur
Anagrams
- rebus, rébus