dròoban

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German drowen, drouwen, from Old High German drouwen, from Proto-Germanic *þrawōną, from *þrawō (“suffering”). Cognate with German drohen, Alemannic German treuwe, Old Saxon *thrōon.

Verb

dròoban (third-person singular present indicative dròobet, past participle gadròobet, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to threaten, menace

   Péssor dròobanzich zelbort. ― It's better to threaten yourself.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dròoban

infinitive		dròoban
present participle		dròobanten
past participle		gadròobet
auxiliary		haban
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich dròobe	bar dròoban	i	ich dròobe	bar dròoban
	du dròobest	iart dròobet		du dròobest	iart dròobet
	ear dròobet	ze dròobent		ear dròobe	ze dròoban
preterite (composed)	ich han gadròobet	bar haban gadròobet	ii	ich dròobate	bar dròobatan
	du hast gadròobet	iart habet gadròobet		du dròobatest	iart dròobatet
	ear hat gadròobet	ze habent gadròobet		ear dròobate	ze dròobatan
imperative	—	dròobabar
	dròob (du)	dròobet (iart)
	dròobe (ear)	dròoban (ze)

References

• “dròoban” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo