stroop

See also: Stroop

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Etymology

From Dutch stroop, from siroop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /struəp/

Noun

stroop (plural strope)

  1. syrup, especially a viscous type of syrup

Descendants

  • → Sotho: seturupu

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stroːp/, (Southern Dutch) [stroːp], (Northern Dutch) [stroʊ̯p]
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  • Hyphenation: stroop
  • Rhymes: -oːp

Etymology 1

From siroop, apparently via an intermediate sroop [recorded once],[1] 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

stroop f (plural stropen, diminutive stroopje n)

  1. syrup, especially a viscous variety of syrup
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  1. ^ Marc van Oostendorp (12 April 2013) “De t in stroop”, in Neerlandistiek‎[1] (in Dutch).

Etymology 2

Deverbal from stropen.

Noun

stroop m (uncountable)

  1. poaching (the act of hunting illegally)

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