droef
Dutch (Brabantic)
adj
Definitions
- sad, miserable
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch droeve inherited from Old Dutch *drōvi inherited from Proto-Germanic *drōbuz (turbid, disturbed, troubled, cloudy).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*drōbuz
Gloss
turbid, disturbed, troubled, cloudy
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- droff English
- trub English
- Trübheit German
- naturtrüb German
- trüb German
- trübsinnig German
- droefenis Dutch, Flemish
- droefgeestig Dutch, Flemish
- droefheid Dutch, Flemish
- droevig Dutch, Flemish
- geest Dutch, Flemish
- *drōbuz Proto-Germanic
- *drōb Old English
- drof Old English
- drōf Old English
- drof Middle English
- droeve Middle Dutch
- droevich Middle Dutch
- *druovi Old High German
- truobi Old High German
- dréif Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *drōvi Old Dutch