drop

Betekenis (Engels)

droplet

Sinonieme

zoethout

drup

pek

motregen

teer

drupregen

dropregen

miezer

droppel

gemiezer

druppel

lik

Vertalings

Lakritze

réglisse

regaliz

licorice

Tropfen

liquorice

liquirizia

Süßholz

orozuz

drip

γλυκόρριζα

regalèssia

goutte

💧

عرقسوس

drop

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/drɔp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: drope

Geërf van Old Dutch: dropo

Verwante met Engels: lemon drop

In summary

From Middle Dutch drope (“drop”), from Old Dutch dropo, from Proto-Germanic *drupô. When unsuffixed, drop is more common than drup, but suffixed druppel is more common than droppel; this is likely due to the effects of i-umlaut triggered by the suffix -el. Indeed, drup is assumed to be based on druppel, as drop is the linguistically expected form (Germanic *u becomes Dutch o).
The sense “licorice” developed from the sense “drop of licorice extract”; compare also English lemon drop.

Sinne

Ik vind drop heerlijk , maar sommige mensen houden niet van de anijssmaak.

I love licorice, but some people don't like the anise flavor.