-ur
The final syllable -ur (mostly with words from Romance languages into German borrowed , for example, from French ending -ure , originally from Latin -ura ) serves Word formation grammatically feminine nouns to other nouns or verbs :
- to other nouns in the sense
- of a (more abstract) concept: from quadrature to square ,
- an institution or body: from agency to agent ;
- to verbs in the sense of a "result": to shave from shaving .
The ending can also occur in the “more French” phonetic form -ure : border , manicure .