English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Persian صراف (sarâf) or Urdu صراف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃɹɒf/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒf

Noun edit

schroff (plural schroffs)

  1. (India) A banker or moneychanger.
  2. (Hong Kong) A cashier's office or booth.
    Pay your bill at the schroff.

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Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

schroff (strong nominative masculine singular schroffer, comparative schroffer, superlative am schroffsten)

  1. steep
  2. gruff, bluff, harsh, rugged, brusque

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Further reading edit

  • schroff” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schroff” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schroff” in Duden online

Plautdietsch edit

Adjective edit

schroff

  1. rough