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stroop.

syrup, especially a viscous variety of syrup

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/stroːp/[stroːp]Dutch, Southern[stroʊ̯p]Dutch, Northern
  1. syrup, especially a viscous variety of syrup

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From siroop, apparently via an intermediate sroop [recorded once], in which a t was inserted to better fit Dutch phonology. For a similar insertion of t into sr compare Proto-Germanic *straumaz (“river, stream”) from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, run”).

noun/stroːp/[stroːp]Dutch, Southern[stroʊ̯p]Dutch, Northern
  1. poaching (the act of hunting illegally)

    masculine · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from stropen.

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