stroef

See also: śtröf

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch struuf, from Old Dutch *strūf, from Proto-Germanic *strūbaz (“stiff, rough, bristly, shaggy”), from Proto-Indo-European *strewbʰ-, *strewb- (“stiff”). Cognate with Middle Low German struuf, West Frisian stroef, German straub and struppig.

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -uf

Adjective

stroef (comparative stroever, superlative stroefst)

  1. rough, not smooth
  2. difficult to move
  3. stiff, stern

Inflection
Inflection of stroef
uninflected stroef
inflected stroeve
comparative stroever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial stroefstroeverhet stroefst
het stroefste
indefinite m./f. sing. stroevestroeverestroefste
n. sing. stroefstroeverstroefste
plural stroevestroeverestroefste
definite stroevestroeverestroefste
partitive stroefsstroevers—

Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: stroef (dated)
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