beurs

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bøːrs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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) (see there for further descendants)
  • Swedish: börs
  • West Frisian: beurs

Etymology 2

Unknown

Adjective

beurs (comparative beurser, superlative meest beurs or beurst)

  1. bruised, hence sore
Declension
Declension 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

  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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbøəs/

Noun

beurs c (plural beurzen, diminutive beurske)

  1. A purse.
  2. A stock exchange.