droog
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)
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
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)
- dry
- Julle moet eers droë klere aantrek, voordat jul na buite gaan.
- You must first put on dry clothes before you go outside.
- 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)
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Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
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)
- dry (not wet)
- 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.
- dry, dull, uninspired
- dry-tasting, not sweet.
- Antonym: zoet
- having a lot of muscle with a low amount of fat, having gone on a cut
Inflection edit
Inflection of droog | ||||
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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
- inflection of drogen: