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Revision as of 15:55, 25 April 2016
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
droog (plural droogs)
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /droːx/ - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter)audio: (file)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch drōghe, from Old Dutch *drougi, *drōgi, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- (“to strengthen; become hard or solid”), from *dʰer- (“to hold, hold fast, support”). Compare Low German dröög, German dröge (“dull”), West Frisian droech, English dry; compare also German trocken.
Adjective
droog (comparative droger, superlative droogst)
Declension
Declension 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 | — |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Verb
Categories:
- English terms derived from Russian
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch adjectives