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droog.

dry (not wet)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/droːx/

  1. dry (not wet)

    Het weer is droog, we kunnen buiten spelen.
    De handdoeken zijn nog niet droog.

  2. arid (getting little precipitation)

    De Sahara is een droog gebied.
    In drogere klimaten moet men zuiniger met water zijn.

  3. dry, dull, uninspired

  4. dry; humorous in an understated or deadpan way

  5. dry-tasting, not sweet

  6. having a lot of muscle with a low amount of fat, having gone on a cut

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch *drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī, from Proto-Germanic *draugiz.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.