See also: dröög

English edit

Etymology edit

From Russian друг (drug, friend), in which sense it is used in the invented slang in Anthony Burgess's dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).

Noun edit

droog (plural droogs)

  1. A violent young gang member or a hooligan.

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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch droog, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

Adjective edit

droog (attributive droë, comparative droër, superlative droogste)

  1. dry
    Julle moet eers droë klere aantrek, voordat jul na buite gaan.
    You must first put on dry clothes before you go outside.
  2. arid
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Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch drogen, from Middle Dutch drôgen, from etymology 1.

Verb edit

droog (present droog, present participle drogende, past participle gedroog)

  1. (ergative) to dry
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Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /droːx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: droog
  • Rhymes: -oːx

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

Adjective edit

droog (comparative droger, superlative droogst)

  1. dry (not wet)
    Antonyms: nat, vochtig
    Het weer is droog, we kunnen buiten spelen.The weather is dry, we can play outside.
    De handdoeken zijn nog niet droog.The towels are not dry yet.
    Dit is de droogste zomer die ik me kan herinneren.This is the driest summer I can remember.
  2. arid (getting little precipitation)
    Antonyms: nat, vochtig
    De Sahara is een droog gebied.The Sahara is an arid region.
    In drogere klimaten moet men zuiniger met water zijn.In arider climates, one must be more conservative with water.
    De droogste plaatsen op aarde ontvangen bijna geen regen.The most arid places on Earth receive almost no rain.
  3. dry, dull, uninspired
  4. dry-tasting, not sweet.
    Antonym: zoet
  5. having a lot of muscle with a low amount of fat, having gone on a cut
Inflection edit
Inflection of droog
uninflected droog
inflected droge
comparative droger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial droog droger het droogst
het droogste
indefinite m./f. sing. droge drogere droogste
n. sing. droog droger droogste
plural droge drogere droogste
definite droge drogere droogste
partitive droogs drogers
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Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: droog
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: droko
  • Negerhollands: droog, drok
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: dróg
  • West Frisian: droech

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

droog

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