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stroef.

rough, not smooth

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. rough, not smooth

  2. difficult to move

  3. stiff, stern

  4. awkward

Where this word comes from

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.

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