In the thread
Pronunciation: the surname "Deulofeu", it was said that "-
eu (
hereu, europeu, museu) is more often pronounced with an open e (...)
Yes, that's why I put the interrogation, I wasn't sure if it was the case for "every" word (it's not).
As you correctly say, there are some exceptions, words ending in -eu always pronounced as [-ɛw] (the ones you put,
hereu, europeu...) but most of them (
greu, breu, meu, teu, seu...) are with a "closed e" ([e]).
For the verbal desinence in -eu: voldreu, sabeu, direu, diríeu..., it varies on the dialect ([-ɛw] in Central catalan, [-ew] in some other places).
I suppose these "more often" with one or another depends on which dialect and which words we consider (it's almost always [-ew] in mine).