Schauer

Schauer (plural Schauers)

1. A surname.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʊ̯ər/, [ˈʃaʊ̯.ɐ]

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ

From Middle High German schūr, from Old High German scūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūr, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō. Cognate with Dutch schoer, English shower, Swedish skur.

Schauer m (strong, genitive Schauers, plural Schauer)

1. (meteorology) shower (brief period of precipitation)
2. (figurative) shower (instance of something bursting forth like a rainshower)

   Synonym: Schwall

3. shudder, shiver, sudden thrill

   Synonym: Schauder

From Middle High German schūr, from Old High German scūr, northern variant of skiura, whence Scheuer (“shed, barn”).

Schauer n or m (strong, genitive Schauers, plural Schauer)

1. (archaic or dialectal) roof or open shed for taking shelter

   Synonyms: Wetterdach, Schutzdach, Schutzhütte

From Middle High German schouwære, from Old High German schouwāri. Equivalent to schauen +‎ -er.

Schauer m (strong, genitive Schauers, plural Schauer)

1. (rare) agent noun of schauen: one who looks
2. (obsolete as simplex, archaic in compounds) inspector, one who inspects (e.g. the quality of goods)

19th century, from Low German Schauer, from Dutch sjouwer, derived from sjouwen, from West Frisian sjouwe.

Schauer m (strong, genitive Schauers, plural Schauer)

1. (nautical, archaic or historical, often in the form Schauermann) dock worker who loads and unloads ships, lumper

From Middle High German schūre, from Old High German scūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō. Cognate with German Schauer, Dutch schoer, English shower.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑʊ̯ɐ/
• Rhymes: -ɑʊɐ

Schauer f (plural Schaueren)

1. shower (brief period of precipitation)

• Reeschauer
• Schnéischauer