straf

Formed from the verb straffe (“to penalize”), from Middle Low German straffen (“to punish, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *strēpōn, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to *streupan (“to squeeze, press, graze”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈsd̥ʁɑf]

straf c (singular definite straffen, plural indefinite straffe)

1. punishment, penalty

• IPA^(key): /strɑf/

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• Hyphenation: straf
• Rhymes: -ɑf

Early modern Dutch straffe, derived from straffen. Compare German Strafe.

straf f (plural straffen, diminutive strafje n)

1. a punishment, penalty, sanction
2. a discomfort, misfortune

• straffen

• Afrikaans: straf
• Negerhollands: straaf
• → Caribbean Javanese: setrap, strap
• → Indonesian: setrap
• → Papiamentu: straf
• → Saramaccan: sitaáfu

straf

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

From late Middle Dutch straf. Further etymology is not known.

straf (comparative straffer, superlative strafst)

1. heavy, hefty
2. spicy
3. implausible, improbable

Declension of straf
uninflected	straf
inflected	straffe
comparative	straffer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		straf	straffer	het strafst het strafste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	straffe	straffere	strafste
	n. sing.	straf	straffer	strafste
	plural	straffe	straffere	strafste
definite		straffe	straffere	strafste
partitive		strafs	straffers	—

• (heavy): fel, hevig
• (spicy): pittig, gepeperd

• IPA^(key): [ʃtʁaːf]

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straf

1. singular imperative of strafen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of strafen

From German Strafe (“punishment”).

straf

1. punishment