Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /stirf/, [stirf]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -irf

Verb

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stierf

  1. singular past indicative of sterven

Usage notes

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Stierf is one of the very few Dutch words in which /i/ is not lengthened before /r/.

References

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  • Booij, Geert (1999) The Phonology of Dutch[6]