droog

From Russian друг (drug, “friend”), in which sense it is used in the invented slang in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).

droog (plural droogs)

1. A violent young gang member or a hooligan.

• droogish

• Gordo

• IPA^(key): /drʊə̯χ/

From Dutch droog, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

droog (attributive droë, comparative droër, superlative droogste)

1. dry

   Julle moet eers droë klere aantrek, voordat jul na buite gaan.

   You must first put on dry clothes before you go outside.

2. arid

• droogte

From Dutch drogen, from Middle Dutch drôgen, from etymology 1.

droog (present droog, present participle drogende, past participle gedroog)

1. (ergative) to dry

• afdroog

• IPA^(key): /droːx/

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• Hyphenation: droog
• Rhymes: -oːx

From Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

droog (comparative droger, superlative droogst)

1. dry, not wet.

   Antonyms: nat, vochtig

2. arid, getting little precipitation.

   Antonyms: nat, vochtig

3. dry, dull, blunt, uninspired.
4. dry-tasting, not sweet.

   Antonym: zoet

• droge (noun)
• drogen
• droogdok
• drooghoppen
• droogkloot
• droogleggen
• droogstempel
• droogstoppel
• droogzwieren
• droogte
• gortdroog
• halfdroog
• kurkdroog
• strijkdrook
• wasdroog

• Afrikaans: droog
• Berbice Creole Dutch: droko
• Negerhollands: droog, drok
• Skepi Creole Dutch: dróg
• → West Frisian: droech

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

droog

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