stroef

Meaning

1. rough, not smooth
2. difficult to move
3. stiff, stern

Concepts

regimental

rigid

rough

stiff

Synonyms

onbuigzame

rigide

star

stijf

stram

Translations

rígid

rígido

rigide

starr

steif

biegesteif

rigide

rude

rigido

rudo

rígida

teso

duro

rigido

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: struuf

Inherited from Old Dutch: *strūf

Cognate with Middle Low German: struuf

Cognate with Western Frisian: stroef

Cognate with German: straub

In summary

From Middle Dutch struuf, from Old Dutch *strūf, from Proto-Germanic *strūbaz (“stiff, rough, bristly, shaggy”), from Proto-Indo-European *strewbʰ-, *strewb- (“stiff”). Cognate with Middle Low German struuf, West Frisian stroef, German straub and struppig.