roede

• roe

From Middle Dutch roede, from Old Dutch ruoda, from Proto-Germanic *rōdō. Cognate with German Rute, Old English rōd (English rood).

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.də/

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• Hyphenation: roe‧de
• Rhymes: -udə

roede f (plural roeden or roedes, diminutive roedetje n)

1. a rod, woody branch or staff, notably as a symbol of authority

   Synonyms: staf, stok, tak, telg

2. a rod, similar object in various materials (e.g. for a curtain)

   Synonyms: staf, stok

3. a faggot, bavin or other bundle of sticks or twigs, used for making brooms or as a punitive implement

   Synonym: tuchtroede

4. (archaic and literary) a penis
5. (dated) an are, a unit of area corresponding to 100 square metres

   Synonyms: are, vierkante decameter

6. (historical) an old unit of area varying from about 10 to 33 square metres
7. (dated) a decametre, a unit of length corresponding to 10 metres

   Synonym: decameter

8. (historical) an old unit of length varying from about 3.5 to 5.75 metres

• Negerhollands: roede
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: ro (dated)

roede

1. second-person plural imperative of roer