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straf.

punishment, penalty

5 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈsd̥ʁɑf]
  1. punishment, penalty

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Formed from the verb straffe (“to penalize”), from Middle Low German straffen (“to punish, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *strēpōn, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to *streupan (“to squeeze, press, graze”).

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