droge
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From French drogue, from Middle French circa 1462, from Middle Dutch droge (Modern Dutch droog).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
droge c (singular definite drogen, plural indefinite droger)
Inflection edit
Declension of droge
Further reading edit
- “droge” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From droog.
Adjective edit
droge
- inflection of droog:
Noun edit
droge n (uncountable)
- dry land
- Na dagen op zee, waren ze blij om droge te zien. ― After days at sea, they were glad to see dry land.
- De schipbreukelingen zochten naar droge om te overleven. ― The castaways sought dry land for survival.
- In de verte zagen ze de droge, een teken van hoop. ― In the distance, they saw the dry land, a sign of hope.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
droge
Anagrams edit
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
droge
- inflection of drogi:
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.
Adjective edit
drôge
- dry
- plain, bare, without anything else
- dry, unfriendly (of a person)
- died off, lame, unusable (of severely diseased limbs)
Inflection edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “droghe (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “droge (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
droge m (definite singular drogen, indefinite plural droger, definite plural drogene)
- a drug (of animal or vegetable origin)
References edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From French drogue. In the meaning of illegal narcotics is probably influenced by Swedish drog and/or English drug.
Noun edit
droge m (definite singular drogen, indefinite plural drogar, definite plural drogane)
droge f (definite singular droga, indefinite plural droger, definite plural drogene)
- a drug (of animal or vegetable origin)
- Synonym: lækjemiddel
- (colloquial) illegal narcotics
References edit
- “droge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.