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stroef

“stroef” is a Dutch word. Its 4 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. rough, not smooth
  2. difficult to move
  3. stiff, stern
  4. awkward

Etymology

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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