stroef

See also: śtröf

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch struuf, from Old Dutch *strūf, from Proto-Germanic *strūbaz (“stiff, rough, bristly, shaggy”), from Proto-Indo-European *strewbʰ-, *strewb- (“stiff”). Cognate with Middle Low German struuf, West Frisian stroef, German straub and struppig.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uf

Adjective

stroef (comparative stroever, superlative stroefst)

1. rough, not smooth
2. difficult to move
3. stiff, stern

Inflection

Declension of stroef
uninflected	stroef
inflected	stroeve
comparative	stroever
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		stroef	stroever	het stroefst het stroefste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	stroeve	stroevere	stroefste
	n. sing.	stroef	stroever	stroefste
	plural	stroeve	stroevere	stroefste
definite		stroeve	stroevere	stroefste
partitive		stroefs	stroevers	—

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: stroef (dated)