Schur
German, noun/ʃuːɐ̯/
Schur is spelled S-C-H-U-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schur is a German feminine noun meaning “shearing, clipping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Gewinnung von Wolle”.
What does Schur mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshearing, clipping
- 2
feminineclipping; mowing; trimming
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Gewinnung von Wolle 2. die bei der Schur gewonnene Wolle 3. das Kürzen des Haupthaares bis kurz über die Kopfhaut 4. das Kürzen von Pflanzenteilen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schur
- Schuren plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schur?
- /ʃuːɐ̯/
- [ʃuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schur in German?
Schur appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).