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droef

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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droef (comparative droever, superlative droefst)

  1. sad, miserable
    Jij maakt mij droef. ― You make me sad.
Declension
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Declension 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 —
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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droef

  1. inflection of droeven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Limburgish

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Noun

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droef f (plural droeve)

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