grof

From Dutch grof, from Middle Dutch grof, from Old Dutch *grof, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz.

• IPA^(key): /χrɔf/

grof (attributive growwe, comparative growwer, superlative grofste)

1. rude, impolite
2. rough, coarse
3. extreme, gross, grave

From Middle Dutch grof, from Old Dutch *grof, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz.

• IPA^(key): /ɣrɔf/

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• Hyphenation: grof
• Rhymes: -ɔf

grof (comparative grover or groffer, superlative grofst)

1. rough, coarse

   Synonyms: rauw, ruw, ruig

   Antonym: fijn

   De textuur van de stenen vloer was grof. ― The texture of the stone floor was coarse.

2. rude, very blunt

   Synonym: onbeleefd

   Antonym: beleefd

   Grof taalgebruik wordt hier niet op prijs gesteld. ― Rude language is not appreciated here.

3. extreme, gross, grave

   Dit is een grove mensenrechtenschending. ― This is a gross human rights violation.

(either)

(or less commonly)

• Afrikaans: grof
• Berbice Creole Dutch: grofu
• Negerhollands: grof
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: grof (dated)
• → Papiamentu: gròf, grof
• → Sranan Tongo: grofu
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: grofu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: grofu
  • → Saramaccan: goófu

From Old Dutch *grof, from Proto-West Germanic *grob, from Proto-Germanic *grubaz.

grof

1. thick
2. large, great
3. course, rough

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: grof
  • Afrikaans: grof
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: grofu
  • Negerhollands: grof
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: grof (dated)
  • → Papiamentu: gròf, grof
  • → Sranan Tongo: grofu
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: grofu
    • → Caribbean Javanese: grofu
    • → Saramaccan: goófu
• Limburgish: graof
• → English: gruff

• “grof (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “grof (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

grof

1. alternative form of grove

grōf

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of grafan

Borrowed from Hungarian gróf, from Bavarian grâf (“count”).

grof m (plural grofi)

1. (historical) count

grȍf m anim (Cyrillic spelling гро̏ф)

1. count
2. earl

• IPA^(key): /ɡrɔ́f/

grȍf m anim (female equivalent grofíca)

1. count (male ruler of a county)