drop

Meaning

droplet

Concepts

licorice

liquorice

drop

drip

drizzle

drop shot

sugarallie

Synonyms

zoethout

drup

pek

motregen

teer

drupregen

dropregen

miezer

droppel

gemiezer

druppel

lik

Translations

Lakritze

réglisse

regaliz

Tropfen

liquirizia

Süßholz

orozuz

meyankökü

regalèssia

arrezuz

عرقسوس

γλυκόρριζα

goutte

💧

amorti

γεάμπολη

Pronounced as (IPA)

/drɔp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: drope

Inherited from Old Dutch: dropo

Cognate with English: 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.

Sentences

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

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