scheuern

From Middle High German schiuren, schūren, of uncertain origin, perhaps a borrowing from Old French escurer, from Late Latin excurare (“to clean off”, literally “to take good care of”), from Latin ex + curare.

Compare Middle Low German schǖren, Dutch schuren, schuieren. More at scour.

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scheuern (weak, third-person singular present scheuert, past tense scheuerte, past participle gescheuert, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to scrub; to scour
2. (transitive or intransitive) to chafe

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