drue

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German drūve (“bunch”). Compare German Traube (“bunch, grape”) (from Old High German drūbo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /druːə/, [ˈd̥ʁuːə]

Noun

drue c (singular definite druen, plural indefinite druer)

1. grape (fruit)
2. (formal, humorous) wine

Declension

Declension of drue

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drue	druen	druer	druerne
genitive	drues	druens	druers	druernes

Synonyms

• (fruit): vindrue

Further reading

• “drue” in Den Danske Ordbog
• drue on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Adjective

drue

1. feminine singular of dru

Middle English

Adjective

drue

1. Alternative form of drye

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German druve.

Noun

drue f or m (definite singular drua or druen, indefinite plural druer, definite plural druene)

1. a grape (fruit)

Synonyms

• vindrue

References

• “drue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “drue” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• duer, dure

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German druve.

Noun

drue f (definite singular drua, indefinite plural druer, definite plural druene)

1. a grape (fruit)

Synonyms

• vindrue

References

• “drue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *triuwī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾuː/
• Homophone: drowe

Adjective

drue

1. true
   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Ich aam a vat hog it's drue. Aar is ken apan aam.

     I am a fat hog, 'tis true. There is ken upon them.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 36