droef

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /druf/
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  • Hyphenation: droef
  • Rhymes: -uf

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch droeve, droue, from Old Dutch *drōvi, *druovi, from Proto-West Germanic *drōbī, from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (“turbid”). Compare English droff and German trüb.

Adjective

droef (comparative droever, superlative droefst)

  1. sad, miserable
    Jij maakt mij droef.
    You make me sad.
Inflection
Inflection of droef
uninflected droef
inflected droeve
comparative droever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial droefdroeverhet droefst
het droefste
indefinite m./f. sing. droevedroeveredroefste
n. sing. droefdroeverdroefste
plural droevedroeveredroefste
definite droevedroeveredroefste
partitive droefsdroevers—
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droef

  1. first-person singular present indicative of droeven
  2. imperative of droeven

Limburgish

Noun

droef f (plural droeve)

  1. Veldeke spelling spelling of Druf
  2. Veldeke spelling spelling of Druuf
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