Strof

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃtroːf/
  • Rhymes: -oːf

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German strāfe, from Proto-West Germanic *strēpōn, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to *streupan (“to squeeze, press, graze”).[1]

Noun

Strof f

  1. punishment, penalty
Declension
Declension of Strof
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative die Strof die Strofe
dative där/de Strof den/de Strofe

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Strophe.

Noun

Strof f

  1. stanza
Declension
Declension of Strof
singular plural
def. noun def. noun
nominative/accusative die Strof die Strofe
dative där/de Strof den/de Strofe

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “straf1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German strāfe, from Proto-West Germanic *strēpōn, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to *streupan (“to squeeze, press, graze”).[1] Cognate with German Strafe, Dutch straf.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃtʀoːf]
  • Homophone: Stroph

Noun

Strof f (plural Strofen)

  1. punishment, penalty

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “straf1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German straffen (“to punish, blame”), from Proto-West Germanic *strēpōn, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly related to *streupan (“to squeeze, press, graze”).[1]

Noun

Strof f (plural Strofen)

  1. punishment
  2. penalty

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “straf1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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