droef

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

droef (comparative droever, superlative droefst)

  1. sad, miserable
    Jij maakt mij droef.
    You make me sad.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of droef
uninflected droef
inflected droeve
comparative droever
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial droef droever het droefst
het droefste
indefinite m./f. sing. droeve droevere droefste
n. sing. droef droever droefste
plural droeve droevere droefste
definite droeve droevere droefste
partitive droefs droevers —
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

droef

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

Limburgish[edit]

Noun[edit]

droef f (plural droeve)

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