beurs

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøːrs/
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  • Hyphenation: beurs
  • Rhymes: -øːrs
  • Homophone: Beurs

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)

  1. A purse, both as object or capital.
  2. Various objects of similar shape.
  3. A stock exchange or exchange market for goods; also used absolutely for the financial sector.
  4. A fair, event or place where specific goods, services or know-how are physically presented and usually traded or bartered, often aimed at collectors; a trade fair.
  5. A stipend provided by a foundation or other benefactor for a particular purpose, e.g. a scholarship.
Derived terms

- markets

- event

- stipend

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: beurs
  • Negerhollands: beers
  • Danish: børs
  • German: Börse
  • Norwegian: børs
  • Papiamentu: bèshi, bersji
  • Russian: би́ржа (bírža) (possibly via German)
  • Swedish: börs
  • West Frisian: beurs

Etymology 2

Unknown

Adjective

beurs (comparative beurser, superlative meest beurs or beurst)

  1. bruised, hence sore
Inflection
Inflection of beurs
uninflected beurs
inflected beurse
comparative beurser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial beursbeurserhet beurst
het beurste
indefinite m./f. sing. beursebeurserebeurste
n. sing. beursbeurserbeurste
plural beursebeurserebeurste
definite beursebeurserebeurste
partitive beursbeursers

French

Noun

beurs m

  1. plural of beur

Anagrams

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch beurs, from Middle Dutch borse, from Old French bourse, from Late Latin bursa, from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa).

Noun

beurs c (plural beurzen, diminutive beurske)

  1. A purse.
  2. A stock exchange.
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