schürfen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German [Term?]. Cognate to Dutch schorpen (“to rip open; to saw”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʏʁfn̩/
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Verb

schürfen (weak, third-person singular present schürft, past tense schürfte, past participle geschürft, auxiliary haben)

  1. to prospect
  2. to dig up
  3. to graze (rub or scratch)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “schürfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “schürfen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “schürfen” in Duden online
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